Eckley Farms
The farmers who aspire to the highest environmental standards
Claire Eckley and her family have farmed near Staplehurst since 1953, moving from Herefordshire to grow more hops. The farm now specialises in arable farming, growing wheat, oilseed rape, barley, oats, beans and linseed. They grow a wide variety of crops to benefit the soil, underneath the plants to be harvested, or between crops. They try to have living roots in the soil throughout the year to increase carbon content. This farming method is part of Regenerative Agriculture and they are very proud of how they farm and produce food to such to a high environmental standard. And so they should be! You can visit their website here or listen again to our podcast where Claire talks about how they produce rapeseed oil.
