Soil Association Producer Meeting - Kent

The Soil Association is a UK-wide sustainable food and farming charity which aims to protect nature by transforming how people eat and farm.

Soil Association

Soil Association’s Organic Producers Board (OPB) invites you to join us for a regional meeting and farm walk in Kent

Bore Place (Commonwork Organic Farm)

Who should attend? Everyone is welcome—whether you are Soil Association certified, certified with another body, or not certified at all. Feel free to bring family, friends, and neighbours. Schedule Directions: Bore Place, Bore Place Road, Chiddingstone, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7AR <a href="https://w3w.co/gallons.forest.clues" title="https://w3w.co/gallons.forest.clues" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://w3w.co/gallons.forest.clues</a> Schedule11:00am – Arrival11:15am – Farm overview, discussion &amp; Q&amp;A12:30pm – Light lunch1:00pm – Farm walk2:30pm – Close About the farm The event will be hosted at Commonwork Farm on the Bore Place Estate, a 500 acre organic farm in Kent. They combine organic land management with programmes that support learning, wellbeing, and connection with nature. The farm currently hosts grazing livestock, part of a diverse business model designed to support nature recovery and build community resilience. Through their charitable work, they provide education for children and young people, opportunities for families and people with additional needs, and programmes that improve access to nature and green spaces. The farm walk will be hosted by Anna Bullen, Chief Executive, Bore Place. Anna is using her extensive knowledge and skills from academia and work with government bodies, local authorities, businesses, land managers, NGOs and community groups across the world, to lead the estate into its next phase. Your Southeast representatives are Sophia Lysaczenko and Barnes Edwards.Sophia is the vice chair of the OPB and co‑founder and operations co‑director of The Organic Growers Gathering.Barnes is a director and co-owner of The Garlic Farm on the Isle of Wight and volunteers for the local Biosphere Steering Committee. Anna, Sophie and Barnes will also be joined by:Helen Browning, Soil Association Chief ExecutiveKatrin Hochberg, Farming Director, Soil Association Charity

Accessibility requirements: As part of the farm walk, we are likely to cover some distance and uneven ground. Please let us know upon booking if you have any accessibility requirements.Dietary requirements: Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements when you book your place.Filming and photography: Please be advised that filming and/or photography by Soil Association may take place at this event. To decline consent, you can get in touch or complete an opt-out form on the day.

Data protection: Soil Association takes data protection very seriously and will only collect essential data from participants necessary to use for the running of this event.The Soil Association's full privacy policy is available here: <a href="https://www.soilassociation.org/privacy-policy/" title="https://www.soilassociation.org/privacy-policy/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.soilassociation.org/privacy-policy/</a>By registering for this event you agree to the terms and conditions stated in our privacy policy. If you have any queries please contact: info.farmingandlanduse@soilassociation.org

Soil Association Producer Meeting - Kent

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