Tom Fairfax

Tom runs Mindrum Farm, a mixed farm in the Cheviot Foothills of North Northumberland, running 1000 Suffolk Mule Ewes, around 100 Shorthorn / Angus Suckler cows and some rather thin arable ground. Whilst Mindrum has always had a strong agro-envionmental thread, he shifted to a biology led agroecological operating model in 2019, completing organic conversion in 2022. Tom uses a range of regenerative tools and frameworks, including “on farm microscopy” to monitor soil and animal health and inform management decisions.  Most of Tom’s inputs are made on farm.

Find tom at the Soil Health HQ tent, where he will be demonstrating soil under the microscope, making compost extracts and natural ferments.