Learn about the environmental benefits of planting trees, shrubs, and perennial plants alongside food crops. The event will include a hands-on soil health assessment that you can try at home, plus ideas to help you manage your garden to best sequester carbon and adapt to a changing climate, as well as boosting biodiversity.
You will be taking a look at the trees recently planted at the farm to support its habitat management plan and hearing about the inspiration and challenges behind the farm’s wider Community Supported Agriculture project to create a regenerative market garden on the edge of town.
Have fun as you learn about the environmental benefits of planting trees, shrubs, and perennial plants alongside food crops at home.
Thursday 11th January 10 – 2pm, Trewidland Village Hall (with an opportunity to go to Anthony Ellis’s farm Pensipple if the weather permits).
Tim Parton is a world-renowned regenerative farmer and Nick Woodyatt is a soil health consultant with a wealth of experience. This meeting will focus on the finer details of how you can get started with foliar feeding to improve yields, soil health, and reduce input costs.
This event follows the meeting on Wednesday the 10th at Chapman’s Well and will focus on the practicalities of foliar feeding.
Please meet at the village hall PL14 4ST: (What3Words///headset.producing.tasters)
Tim Williams (Farm Net Zero Demo Farm) will give an update of progress so far at Erth Barton. Discussions will include grazing, pasture cropped wheat, compost and of course soil.
Lindsay Whistance, expert on animal behaviour, health and welfare at the Organic Research Centre, will introduce us to how to improve the value of trees on farm for animal welfare.
This will be a fascinating talk and provide a new insight into how trees can fit into the Cornish landscape enhancing farm resilience, biodiversity and carbon capture.
This Lottery-funded Farm Net Zero event will be hosted by Mike and Sam Roberts at Blable Farm, Wadebridge, PL27 7RF.
Please meet in the farmyard: (What3words:///magic.consoled.inspects).
To book:
Pasties will be provided so please book a place with one of the Farm Net Zero project team:
Insects play a fundamental role in our food growing and wider ecosystems.
Come along to the Westcountry Rivers Trust’s next climate-friendly gardening workshop to learn how we can support them in our gardens and reap the benefits, as we all adapt to the effects of climate change.
Farm Net ZeroMonitor Farmer, Peter Cox has been growing lucerne for silage over a number of years and takes an average of 13 cuts over the 4-year lifetime of the crop. The yield ranges from approximately 15 to 18 tonnes an acre at a crude protein value of 24%.
Come to this field walk to understand the agronomy unique to lucerne, and how this crop could improve the resilience of your system.
Please park at Burraton farm barns next to Tremeadan House, PL17 8LL on Stoke Road: (What3words:///blazed.memory.florists).
Pasties will be provided so please book a place with one of the Farm Net Zero project team.
Matt Chatfield founder of the Cornwall Project will give us a tour of his farm with a detailed discussion of how crucial ruminants are to support biodiversity.
His grazed woodlands are central to his forage management plan and meat marketing. This will be a fascinating talk and provide a new insight into agroforestry providing a spotlight on how trees can enhance livestock welfare and production.
When:
Tuesday 20th June 11am – 1.30pm
Where:
Lower Farm, Halwill, Devon, EX21 5UH. Please meet in the farmyard: (What3words:///oatmeal.gallons.lessening).
To book:
Pasties will be provided so please book a place with one of the Farm Net Zero project team
An event for the community at the hub of the Stoke Climsland Farm cluster
Bonny Lightfoot of Alren farm has been one of the farmers central to building the award winning 21-strong Stoke Climsland Farm Cluster. Bonny, Tim and Jake are holding an event to discuss what they are doing to improve water quality and support biodiversity.
Other speakers include:
Robin Jackson (Duchy College) Director of the Rural Business School
The Defra Funding will support innovations by the Lightfoots and others in the farm cluster to enhance the beautiful environment of the Stoke Climsland Parish.
This Lottery-funded Farm Net Zero event will take place at the Alren Farm, Stoke Climsland, PL17 8PT on the 24th June at 11am-2pm.
Please meet at the farm (What3words:///averts.warblers.remodel).
Pasties will be provided so please book a place (email below)
We’re happy to share news of the next Farm Net Zero event!
This event will allow you to:
Understand the layout, technology and process of methane capture from slurry using the Bennamann system
See the latest prototype New Holland T6 180 methane tractor
Hear first hand experience of the day-to-day management of using farm-produced methane
Contribute to the latest ideas and questions about this prototype.
Details:
The event will kindly be hosted by Katie and Kevin Hoare at Trenance Farm, Blunts, PL12 5JB Please meet in the farm yard (What3words///paid.torch.relatives)
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