Can global agriculture ever be truly sustainable and remove all fossil fuels?
The Fossil Free Farm project is bringing together technologies, techniques, policies and ideas to make it a reality.
The 30th June 2025 will see the world's first Fossil Free Farm day taking place at Rosuick Farm in Cornwall. More info below, or get your tickets here:
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.
The fossil free farm project was founded by Stuart Oates. A seventh generation farmer, environmental journalist and Nuffield Scholar, he saw that removing fossil fuels from farming is essential if it is to be truly sustainable for generations to come.
Rosuick Farm in Cornwall, is now an exemplar and pilot farm for all manner of projects and research studies to help find a fossil free future.
We always welcome ideas, visitors and events, so get in touch or find out more on our farm website.
Stuart is also currently completing a Nuffield Farming Scholarship into Fossil Free Farming, so follow his journey on Instagram and join the conversation.
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