Steve studied at Hartpury (Glos) and Brackenhurst (Notts) Agricultural Colleges and has spent 44 years working in agriculture, ex RHM, Kenneth Wilson & Monsanto. He headed up Monsanto’s UK Ecotillage team for 4 years. For the last 23 years Steve has been working with farmers advising them on conservation agriculture systems in the UK, Ireland & Europe. He started Soil First Farming which is a company dedicated to making farmer’s more profit by improving their soil’s structure and fertility. Steve is a founder member of BASE-UK along with the late Jim Bullock. Steve is also a hobby farmer keeping sheep and occasionally pigs on 25 acres in Gloucestershire.