01
Zero synthetic inputs
No synthetic fertiliser, herbicide, pesticide or routine wormer on any part of the farm. Ever.
0kgin 2024 · holding since 2018
The Fallowfield Manifesto · v.7 · 2026
Written down, signed, and measured every October.
We run a 140-acre regenerative farm on the Welsh Marches. What follows is the full list of our commitments — to the land, to the flock, and to the makers we sell to — with the measurable outcome we intend to hit for each one. Published publicly. Audited annually.
§ Pledges · nine
Nine commitments, written down.
Each pledge lists the commitment and the measurable outcome we're held to. A failed pledge in any October audit is reported here, in public, with an explanation and a plan.
02
Soil carbon up, every year
Soil organic carbon measured each October must be higher than the previous October's baseline. No net-off, no offset trading.
+0.06%year-on-year in 2024
03
Plant 2% back
At least 2% of the farm's land-take planted back into native hedgerow or woodland each year until 2040.
2.8%planted in 2024
04
No routine antibiotics
Antibiotics used only therapeutically, never preventatively. Every dose recorded and published.
12 dosesacross 280 ewes, 2024
05
Known prices, one a year
Our wholesale prices are public and change at most once per year, on 1 January. No volume tiers, no negotiation.
1 changeper year · +4% in 2024
06
Real Living Wage or better
Everyone on the farm — including contract shearers, seasonal pickers, and the farmhand — paid at or above the Real Living Wage.
120%of RLW · averaged 2024
07
Open gate
Wholesale customers can visit the farm on the second Saturday of every month, no invoice. Anyone can request a day.
42 visitorshosted in 2024
08
Publish the numbers
Every October the soil panel, fibre yield, dye yield, and trading accounts are published in full on this site.
7 yearsunbroken · since 2018
09
Keep the farm a farm
No part of Fallowfield will be sold, let, or leveraged for any purpose other than continued regenerative farming.
Trust-lockedunder the 2023 deed
§ Audit · October 2024
Last audit, in numbers.
The raw panel from the most recent October audit. Full data sets are linked under each cell for third-party inspection.
Soil Organic Carbon
+0.41%
Since 2019 baseline, top 30cm average
▲ meeting pledge 02
Earthworms / m²
148
Average of 40 random cores, April
▲ up 12 on 2023
Synthetic Inputs
0kg
Fertiliser, herbicide, pesticide, wormer
◆ holding pledge 01
Trees Planted
1,240
Native-only, 2.8% of farm area
▲ meeting pledge 03
Antibiotic Doses
12
280-ewe flock · therapeutic only
▼ down 4 on 2023
Fibre Yield
2,844kg
All lines combined · 2024 clip
▲ up 8% on 2023
Wage Ratio
120%
Lowest-paid role vs. Real Living Wage
▲ meeting pledge 06
Farm Visitors
42
Open-gate Saturdays + arranged visits
▲ meeting pledge 07
§ Sign On
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Leave us your email and we'll send the October audit when it's published, plus any plan for a failed pledge. One email a year at most — if we have to send two, something has gone wrong and you'll want to know.