Seasonal Blog
Finalist for Best Farmer in Kent 2022
Nonington Farms have been selected as a finalist in the Produced in Kent Taste of Kent 2022 Awards in the Best Farmer category. Director James Loder-Symonds said it was "a huge honour and we are extremely proud to be standing alongside other great farmers and producers of the county. Kent has a wonderful tradition of food production, being the... Read More
Cutting variable costs to focus on soil health
Regenerative agricultural practices at Nonington Farms have started to show results as the focus moves away from high input high output and focus more on improving soil health. So much so that Farmers Weekly heard all about it, and have published an in depth article about our practices which you can read here. Efficiency is one of the cornerst... Read More
Success at YEN Awards for wheat
Nonington Farms achieved success at the national YEN Awards for crops grown in 2020 (awarded in 2021), winning first prize in the regional feed wheat section, and gaining third prize overall in the national milling wheat competition. The judges commended Nonington Farms for their innovative farming methods, noting particularly their ability to red... Read More
LEAF Demonstration Farm Launch
NFL has now launched as a LEAF Demonstration Farm. On 16th June 2020 we held a virtual launch to over 80 people and were officially launched by Phil Spencer. We became the 41st such Demonstration Farm to be launched, and are currently the only one in the South East.Watch the launch here.The launch, chaired by Philip Wynn, Chairman of LEAF, was atte... Read More
Winner of LEAF-Bayer Farming Primary aged Partnership Awards
We only went and won it! Delighted to say that we are now the proud winners of the LEAF-Bayer Farming Primary Partnership award!This award "celebrates a farm that has built and continues to build a successful relationship with primary schools (5-11 year olds) and makes a valuable and sustained contribution to school life, both on and away from... Read More
And the winner is...
Nonington Farms wins first prize at the Bayer-LEAF Education Awards 2019. The prestigious prize recognised the efforts that the farm has built and continues to build a successful relationship with primary schools (5-11year olds) and makes a valuable and sustained contribution to school life, both on and away from the farm.The winners were announced... Read More
Autumn drilling update
Tractor sowing seedsThe oil seed rape went in to the ground relatively easily and on time, this year. The dry conditions made things fairly straightforward, although the flea beetle seem to have had other ideas.The dry weather, however, continued, so we started drilling winter wheat and barley later than usual and only when there was a chance of so... Read More
Farm Education Award shortlist
Nonington Farms is delighted and hugely honoured to have been shortlisted for the LEAF-Bayer Education Awards in the Primary school category. The farm is delighted to have been recognised by the judges for the educational work they do in linking children of all ages to the farmed environment.The Bayer-Leaf Education Awards celebrate those who "... Read More
Farmers Weekly interview
Farmers Weekly were keen to catch up with James last week, as Nonington Farms was probably one of the first farms in the country to start harvesting oil seed rape. To read the article in full click here: https://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/harvest/harvest-2019-oilseed-rape-combining-kicks-off-in-kent... Read More
Recipes
At Seedlings we enjoyed learning and picking wild garlic, which is in abundance during the spring, when the leaves start spreading out under the leaf-less canopy on the woodland floor. The leaves are obvious to distinguish due to their garlicy smell, but if you’re uncertain, rub the leaf between your fingers and then smell your fingers.Wild g... Read More