Soil Association: Innovation Award 2013

The Innovation Award celebrates outstanding innovators in farming and growing across the UK. It recognises the achievement of individuals, teams, companies or organisations who are: pioneering practical new approaches to farming and growing; achieving real benefits for people, the planet or animal welfare; promoting sustainable agriculture in line with organic principles. The award is open to anyone who is UK-based and fulfilling these principles - producers, community groups, scientists, IT developers, farming consultants, designers or engineers, for example.

Entries were opened in July and will close on 9 August 2013. A panel of judges is reviewing all the entries and making a short list of 40. All shortlisted videos are uploaded on to the Soil Association YouTube channel.
A key requirement of entry is that the nominee or a representative of the nominee is present at the second day of the Soil Association Annual Conference in London in October to pitch their work and to talk to the press and participate in press-related activities. The attendees will vote for the entry that they consider to be the best innovator. The overall winner and the two runners-up will receive cash prizes. More information is available here: http://www.soilassociation.org/