Grass fed farmer, South West
Consultant Bio
Qualifications and experience
- BA Management (University of Leicester)
- Post Grad Agriculture (RAU)
- CREATE 2024 (Integrity Soils)
- Owner, Grassfed Farmer
- Director, Cotswold Cattle Company
- 10 years experience in New Zealand dairy systems
- 10 years farm management in UK organic and regenerative grazing systems
- 3 years direct selling
- 3 years managing a research farm
- 1 year coaching and consultancy
Group of farmers in the Pasture and Profit programme
Silas' background
Silas is a farmer, coach and consultant with a decade of hands-on experience in regenerative agriculture. Silas currently divides his time between Cotswold Cattle Company — his co-owned food and farming venture — and Grassfed Farmer — his agroecological coaching business.
With a background rooted in both commercial and direct selling models and with ties to New Zealand through his family dairy farm and kiwi fruit orchards, he champions lean, profitable farming systems that also deliver on increasing biodiversity and soil health gains.
Silas was the farm manager at FAI Farms during their award winning "AMP Grazing" research project and is an Integrity Soils trained agroecological coach from the Yellowstone 2024 cohort. Find out more at grassfedfarmer.com and cotswoldcattle.com (Instagram: @grassfed_farmer & @cotswoldcattle.co)
Expertise
Holistic Farm Assessments
Full farm assessment experience covering soil, pasture, cropping, livestock, composting, people, infrastructure, planning, data & monitoring, record keeping and more.
Animal Welfare Practices
Practical experience as farm manager, university modules, mineral indicators based on visual cues and assessment of soil, plant tissue, hair analysis. Designing housing, handling systems etc.
Grazing Management
Extensive experience in planning and practical implementation in different contexts education, resources and planning, data & monitoring.
