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FeedFlow Project Awarded £3 Million to Power Poultry Welfare and Efficiency

The FeedFlow project integrates AI-powered monitoring and Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) with Black Soldier Fly larvae (BSFL) feed to improve poultry welfare, optimise production efficiency, and promote sustainability in the poultry industry.


New Holland Methane T6

Here is our new New Holland T6 Methane Tractor!
Parked up at the on farm biogas plant where it will be refueled when needed.
Having a tractor powered by sustainable fuel gives us the same performance but with minimal environmental impact.


Winners – National Egg & Poultry Awards

We are thrilled to have won ‘Sustainable Farm of the Year’ At the National Egg and Poultry awards 2024!


Woodcott Farm – Free Range Hens

In February 2024, newly established Woodcott Farm welcomed 12,000 free range hens. A state of the art shed, alongside 1500 freshly planted trees promises to provide a comfortable home and some delicious eggs!


M&S Farm of the Future Program

Selected as one of the seven farms joining Marks and Spencer’s 7-year Farm of the future program we have committed to further decarbonisation and increased efficiency of poultry production. Read more here


850 Trees Planted

In February 2023, we planted 850 trees around the 5 newly developed chicken sheds at Edgeworthy Farm. This provides shelter in the range areas whilst also providing habitats for other wildlife and sequestering carbon.


Edgeworthy Poultry Site

In autumn 2022, 4 houses on the new site were filled with higher-welfare birds with the remaining house nearing completion.


YFC Visit to Nomansland Biogas

NBL hosted a group of 40 young farmers from north Devon in June 2022. A talk demonstrating the operational aspect of the Anaerobic Digester alongside a tour of how biogas can blend and benefit agriculture on a farm level.


Edgeworthy chicken site development

Work is underway at the Edgeworthy Free-Range Poultry site. Roofs and Wall Panels are being installed on 4 sheds with the steel frame going up on the 5th shed. Construction is currently on track for bird fill in september.


Nomansland Cricket Club

In 2021, Nomansland Cricket Club, a newly formed club following a merger of Witheridge and Rackenford Cricket Clubs played their first season at the club based at the farm. https://www.nomanslandcricketclub.co.uk/


Sustainable Ag Bursary

Elliot Cole won a place on the Prince’s Countryside Fund and Jordan’s Cereal’s Sustainable Agriculture Program to aid his studies at university. See below on a farm tour with the program. https://fb.watch/befEXKP0pu/