Events

Join us on an afternoon visit to Garfords Farm Machinery followed by supper in Cambridge.

.....planning for drought from next week, to next season, to the 2050s.... Jamie Hannaford, Leader of the Hydrological Status and Reporting Group, The Centre of Ecology & Hydrology joins us for a supper meeting at the Ufford Park Hotel.  

Preliminary Draft Itinerary for DFC Farm Study Tour to Australia Feb 2020 Depart UK Wednesday 29th January 20:35 Arrive Sidney 06:10 Friday 31st January Day and 1 night in Sidney Saturday 1st Feb fly to Griffith (New South Wales) for 3 Nights Hosted by Ed & Sally Dowling: Visits potentially to include Cotton Growing and […]

Come and join us for a breakfast meeting at Ufford Park Hotel with guest speaker Max MacGillivray.

Club AGM followed by our guest speaker Emily Norton, Head of Rural Research, Savills, London Head Office.

Giant Hi Tech Glasshouse at Great Blakenham producing tomatoes.

By kind permission of Jonny & Dulcie Crickmore Farm walk and BBQ at Fen Farm Dairy Producers of Baron Bigod Cheese and Retail Sellers of Raw Whole Milk

Emily Norton is Head of Rural Research at Savills UK Ltd and brings a wealth of experiences to our meeting. Having grown up on a Norfolk farm and spent a short while working for a City Law Firm she went back to University obtaining an MSc from Harper Adams in Sustainable Agriculture. In 2018 Emily […]

As reported by the John Innes Centre in July 2020 are we going to grow crops in space or give crops space to grow? This reference was made to the innovative way of producing food in Vertical Farms. You may well have heard of Vertical Farming, but what do you know about growing crops using […]

“Our mission is to restore the natural world by revolutionising the way we feed animals” “Could Black Soldier Flies be the future of food production?” “This company is breeding millions of insects in the heart of London!” “Nature has spent 150 million years perfecting how to feed animals. It’s called insects” These are all bold […]