To celebrate World Soil Day on Thursday 5th December, Meadows Adviser Rory Johnson was invited to be on the panel of an event organised by Angela Lloyd at Grange Court in Leominster. There was a whole host of stimulating questions covering a wide range of topics and highlighting how improving soil health is central to mitigating the climate and biodiversity… Read more →
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Soilmentor training day in Dilwyn
On 12th July Annie Landless, Community Development coordinator at Vidacycle, led an introductory session to the Soilmentor app for 20 of our core group members. The Soilmentor software is designed to help farmers learn what healthy soils and flourishing biodiversity look like on a farm and enable farmers to make better informed farm management decisions. Participants were first given a… Read more →
Watch again: Dr Christine Jones on Biological Pathways to Carbon- Rich Soils
Dr Christine Jones is an internationally renowned and highly respected groundcover and soils ecologist. She has a wealth of experience working with innovative landholders to implement regenerative land management practices that enhance biodiversity, increase biological activity, sequester carbon, activate soil nutrient cycles, restore water balance, improve productivity and create new topsoil. In a recent webinar on 11th February Dr… Read more →
Grassland Management improves Soil Health and Plant Diversity
Source: Farmers Weekly, 19th Oct 2020: How soil focus avoids supplementary feeding on Welsh farm Geraint Powell, situated near Hay-on-Wye, manages his Welsh livestock using a grazing system dictated by a strict pasture recovery. This system is building soil organic matter and increasing plant diversity, enabling him to produce lamb from grass only. Central to Mr Powell’s system is allowing… Read more →