Russell Smith Farms is a 1,000 Ha farm growing root vegetables and combinable crops in South Cambridge. They follow Integrated Farm Management a whole farm approach helping to deliver more sustainable farming and crop production methods used at Russell Smith Farms are both technically advance and environmentally sensitive.
Russell Smith Farms are a LEAF Demonstration Farm and hosts farm visits for farmers, advisors, students and others throughout the year.
They are a participating farmer in the PLAID Virtual Demonstration Farm Network (https://www.plaid-h2020.eu/), a trial network of farmers creating and uploading videos on the approaches and practices they use on-farm, providing virtual demonstration of the farm.
This project has received funding form the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programmes under grant agreement No 727388 (PLAID).