On Saturday 2nd July we celebrated National Meadows Day, a day dedicated to species rich grasslands. Miriam Griffiths and Anthony Furness hosted a farm walk at Olchon Court where we discussed the management approach they have followed that has created such wonderful, diverse meadows in a mosaic with trees, woodland, pond, riverbank and orchard. This included talking about some of… Read more →
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Shelterbelts and ‘Living Barn’ Wood Pasture Mosaics
A big thank you to Rich Thomas who hosted the third event in our Meadows, Mosaics and Mitigating Climate Change spring series. We kicked off the afternoon with guest speaker Sam Hollick (Bangor University) who spoke to us about his research on shelterbelts and how they can be integrated into grassland systems to help improve livestock productivity and resilience. We then went out… Read more →
Wood Meadows
First in our series Meadows, Mosaics and Mitigating Climate Change Please join us to find out about this mosaic habitat and it’s potential benefits for livestock systems in Herefordshire George Peterken, renowned woodland ecologist, nature conservation advisor and author of the book Meadows (2013), will give a Zoom presentation about Wood Meadows. He will cover questions including ; what are wood-meadows,… Read more →
Russ Carrington on Opportunities for Transition to Profitable Livestock Farming
Russ Carrington is a regenerative farming and supply chain consultant, and coordinator of the Global Grassfed Alliance. He was formerly at the helm of the Pasture-Fed Livestock Association in the UK and tirelessly promotes the benefits of regenerative agriculture for animals, farmers and consumers. He also sits on a European Focus Group for Sustainable Beef and holds various roles across the… Read more →
Opportunities for transition to profitable livestock farming
Russ Carrington is a regenerative farming and supply chain consultant, and coordinator of the Global Grassfed Alliance. He was formerly at the helm of the Pasture-Fed Livestock Association in the UK and tirelessly promotes the benefits of regenerative agriculture for animals, farmers and consumers. He also sits on a European Focus Group for Sustainable Beef and holds various roles across the… Read more →
Making Mosaics – 13th October 2020
Scrub Management with Livestock – Discussion Thanks to everyone who joined the latest Herefordshire Meadows Group Discussion, it was great to be able to return to the field. At this first event back, Rich Thomas of Risbury Court took us through how he has been managing his scrub, grassland, orchard and woodland areas. During the walk, Rich shared his experience… Read more →
Scrub management – making mosaics with livestock
The Thomas family has been managing a site with scrub, grassland, orchard and woodland at Risbury Court for years. Richard Thomas is kindly offering to share his experience of recent changes in grazing system on this mosaic of habitats. It is ideal for members who have scrub encroaching flower rich or potentially diverse swards and want find out more about… Read more →