Fossil Free Farming day

Can farming ever be truly sustainable and stop using fossil fuels?

At Rosuick Farm we're hosting the world's first Fossil Free Farming day.

Explore the future of farming with internationally renowned speakers, machinery and technology demonstrations, practical workshops and discussion groups.

We want everyone to attend, but farmers are the ones who will have to drive the change to a fossil-free future, so we've committed to offering FREE farmer tickets this year. Please let us know a little about your farm on the door.

We also know that fresh perspectives and ideas are needed to make sure we’re really achieving our goals, so student tickets are also FREE. Just bring your student ID to show on the door.

Follow us @farmfornature on Instagram, or keep an eye on our website to keep up to date on attendees, but we already have a stellar lineup confirmed including:

New Holland - Methane tractor demo

Bennemann - Talk and discussion of methane capture from slurry

Tama - demo of their new EZ-web recyclable bale net replacement

Polaris - Lithium electric Ranger UTV demo

Mitchell and Webber - HVO discussion and demo tractor

Farm Carbon Toolkit - Hannah Jones will talk about soil carbon, microbiology and the potential for carbon uptake, alongside reporting on our combined innovative farmers' field trial of homebrew seaweed bio-stimulant

Nuffield Scholar, Stuart Oates - Discussion and demo of innovative farmers' trial using sisal twine for round bales. Also covering his global research into the potential Fossil Free Farming

Brazilian Nuffield scholar, João Lopes - Global biofuel production and the role of Brazil in a fossil-free future

Brazilian Nuffield Scholar, Alex Melotto - Reduction of inputs, nitrogen balance, cover crops and the development of biological controls in mass-scale agriculture

Nuffield scholar, Dave Oates - stacking land uses for profitability and sustainability. Focussing on inter-cropping, rotations, agroforestry, the potential for agri-solar and maximising profits without damaging nature

Greengen - discussion on on-farm solar, battery storage and heating pump options

Forest for Cornwall - discussion and farm walk on agro-forestry

Alt-soy FIPL funded farmer group - discussion into home-grown protein options for animal feed

We'll also be talking about environmental auditing, future government policy, geothermal, and fossil-free production of ammonia fertilisers.

Lunch and dinner will be available - freshly made from our organic farm and seasonal local produce

Discussions will carry on into the evening over a drink, so camping is encouraged.

If you have a technology you'd like to display, or a topic you'd like to talk or hear about, applications are now open. Just email ideas@fossilfreefarm.com by the 31st March.