Seasonal Blog
October update
It has certainly been a hectic month, no let up post-harvest here at Nonington Farms as this blog post gives you just the highlights!Farmers Weekly Awards 2023Our biggest highlight this month has been the Farmers Weekly Awards on the 5th of October. It was such a fantastic night with the team and 1200 others from the farming community, and we ... Read More
Congratulations Jack!
Huge congratulations to Jack Scott for winning the BBC Countryfile Young Countryside Champion 2023 award. We are so pleased and proud that Jack has been rightly recognised for the growing of his vegetables sustainably, as well as working with local veg box schemes, markets and supplying local restaurants who care about where and how thei... Read More
Environmental Champion of the Year
The whole NFL team attended the prestigious Farmers Weekly Awards in London last week, and what a night it was! Alongside 1200 other people from the farming community up and down the country, we feasted on British produce at Grosvenor House, before the Awards ceremony kicked off. Nonington Farms were absolutely delighted to be crowned Environmental... Read More
Farmers Weekly Awards 2023 - Environmental Champion Finalist
We recently shared that we are one of the Environmental Champion finalists for the Farmers Weekly Awards 2023. If you have been following our journey, you will know that farming sustainably and alongside nature is a key focus of our farming strategy and so to be a finalist for this award is a really proud moment for Nonington Farms. Here ... Read More
August Update on the Farm
AUGUSTFirstly we would like to say a huge well done to Jack Scott for being nominated and shortlisted for the BBC Food and Farming Awards in the Young Countryside Champion category. Jack came on one of our Farm Walks last summer and discussed his plans to expand his fledgling vegetable business with us. We offered him some land on the farm, and the... Read More
Farmers Weekly Environmental Champion of the Year Finalist 2023
Amidst the busy harvest season, we are really over the moon to be a finalist in another category for the Farmers Weekly Awards 2023. We have made the shortlist for Environmental Champion of the Year, which is a real honour for us as we continue on our regenerative farming journey. We're very much looking forward to the Awards ceremony, and... Read More
Farmers Weekly Finalists, Groundswell and school visits
Between harvest prep, school visits and Groundswell, it’s been busy here at Nonington Farms. Let’s catch up!ARABLE FARMER OF THE YEAR FINALIST 2023We are very proud and excited to have been confirmed as a finalist for Arable Farmer of the Year for the Farmers Weekly Awards 2023. It was a pleasure to welcome the team of judges to the far... Read More
Farmers Weekly Awards 2023 Finalist!
We are really thrilled to have been shortlisted for the prestigious Farmers Weekly Awards 2023. Huge congratulations to all the other finalists too! ... Read More
WHAT IS REGENERATIVE FARMING?
Regenerative farming is something we speak about quite often, but what does it mean and how do we put it into practice at Nonington Farms? Put simply, it’s about farming with nature rather than against it, to improve the health of the land and benefit the wider ecosystem.The key principles of regenerative farming in agriculture involve, prote... Read More
Agroforestry and more this month on the farm
This year really has been a busy one so far and we can’t quite believe it’s already April. Where does the time go?! The weather has definitely been keeping us on our toes after a wet and very windy few weeks, and we are hoping for some drier days to come. This is what we’ve been up to this month.We kicked the month off at Farm Exp... Read More