Tag Archive for diversity

Flower Rich Grassland Management & Restoration Advice Service for Land Managers in the Wye Valley AONB

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Herefordshire Meadows is excited to be involved in a new Wye Valley AONB project to provide support to grassland farmers and land managers in the Herefordshire portion of the Wye Valley AONB. This work is funded by the Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) Programme, which is being administered by the Wye Valley AONB on behalf of DEFRA, as part of… Read more →

HEREFORDSHIRE MEADOWS ANNUAL FORUM – NIKKI YOXALL – DIVERSITY IN GRASSLAND SYSTEMS: The key to agroecological TRANSITION

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All welcome to our ANNUAL FORUM.  SPEAKERS – DISCUSSION – REFRESHMENTS – NETWORKING   Of interest to anyone who wants to find out more about the benefits of plant diversity, holisitic grazing systems, matching livestock to available resources, reducing dependency on inputs, transition pathways and many other kinds of diversity.    DIVERSITY IN GRASSLAND SYSTEMS: The key to agroecological TRANSITION   … Read more →

Farming in a Floodplain

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FARMING IN A FLOODPLAIN   Join us for a visit to beef farmer Andy Rumming at Waterhay Farm Producing high quality beef and making best use of water on the farm, plus many other benefits.   Come and find out how Andy makes this work financially. Could this be part of the solution on your farm to climate and ecological… Read more →

Grassland Carbon – restoration, creation and management practices that affect carbon sequestration in grasslands

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Caroline Hanks (Herefordshire Meadows) chaired a sequence of talks and a panel discussion at a Zoom event hosted by Plantlife as part of their Meadow Makers partnership, that gave an introduction to the rapidly evolving science on grassland carbon. Drawing upon the findings from her 2021 report for CIEEM entitled Carbon and Ecosystems: Restoration and Creation to Capture Carbon Penny Anderson… Read more →