Innovative Farmers was established in 2012 by the Soil Association with the aim of bringing scientific rigour to on-farm trials co-designed by farmers and researchers. With a focus on sustainability and resilience, groups come together on discrete topics and on-farm trials addressing the topics that matter to them.

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https://www.innovativefarmers.org/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/IFarmers

Innovative Farmers is a network of farmers and growers who are running on-farm trials, on their own terms. These field labs have increased farmers’ confidence in on-farm experimentation and innovation. They have also highlighted to the research community the benefits of collaboration with farmers.  

Since its launch in 2012 Innovative Farmers has nurtured a culture of sharing across the farming industry and seen an increased recognition of the value of on-farm trials.

Primarily funded by The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund the network has a grants programme to cover up to £10k of the trial costs and organises a programme of events and knowledge exchange activities over the year.

Explore the latest field labs and find out more about what the network has learned so far: https://www.innovativefarmers.org/

To join the network or share an idea for a field lab contact the team or follow us on twitter @IFarmers

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