Looking after soils is a cornerstone of successful farming, for wildlife and to help address climate change. At FarmED Jonty is a key champion for practical ways in which farmers can work with their soils to provide benefits to not only their farms but to the wider environment.

Jonty will give an engaging introduction to the principles of Regenerative Farming and the impact they have on soil health, the environment and farm business.

We have lined up a 4-hour site visit to FarmED in Shipton under Wychwood, where Jonty and his team will take 20 lucky winners on a visit to see first-hand how Regenerative Farming can work in practice and the impact it is having .

Jonty Brunyee is the Head of Regenerative Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems at FarmED – the new Centre for Farm and Food Education in the Cotswolds. He has over 25 years of experience in the sustainable farming and environmental sector. Jonty and his wife, Mel, are National Trust farm tenants at Conygree Farm producing organic and pasture fed beef and lamb, and species rich grassland. They won the NTs Farming with Nature Award in 2017. He worked as a farming and conservation adviser for organisations such as FWAG and the Peak District National Park and after 10 years in private consultancy he entered the world of higher education at the Royal Agricultural University as programme manager and senior lecturer in Farm Business Management. Jonty is an active member of the Pasture Fed Livestock Association and completed a Nuffield Scholarship in 2016 studying sustainable farming.