Soil Farmer of the Year

Run in partnership by Innovation for Agriculture and The Farm Carbon Toolkit, the national Soil farmer of the Year competition aims to find the best farmers and growers who are engaged with and passionate about managing their soils.

Since 2015, our Soil Farmer of the Year Competition has helped to find, promote and champion UK farmers who are passionate about safeguarding their soils and building resilient businesses. As part of the competition, the top three farmers host farm walks that bring farmers together to share good practice and innovations that improve soil health.

The competition has become widely recognised by organisations working in soil health, with many promoting it to their networks to increase participation. The 2022 winners, who were announced at Groundswell, were Billy Lewis as Mixed Farmer of the Year and David Miller as Arable Farmer of the Year. Andrew Rees was this year’s runner up.