On Wednesday evening, Herefordshire Meadows hosted a joint event with Pasture for Life, delving into the myriad benefits of diverse swards in productive farming systems. The event was held at Upper Pengethley Farm, kindly hosted by the Partridge family. Previously a mixed farm, the 260 acre parcel has made the change from arable to herbal leys, permanent pasture, and native… Read more →
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Have your say in the ELM policy discussion – closes 31 July 2020
This is a chance to feed your ideas and views on grassland, and other crops and habitats, to The Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme that is the new agricultural policy for England. You can feedback to DEFRA on the discussion questions as an individual You can also feed comments on meadows and diverse swards to Caroline Hanks who is collating… Read more →
Multi species leys Part 1 – virtual field day webinar with Agricology
If you missed this webinar with speakers from Duchy College TOMS project, North Wyke ( Rothamsted) and others on all the joys, benefits and challenges of establishing herbal leys. There are references to more permanent native swards as well. You can listen again on Youtube Read more →
Herefordshire Meadows Forum 29 Feb 2020. Carbon, cows and calculators. Diverse swards as part of the solution.
Herefordshire Meadows 4th Annual Forum full programme announced and open for booking. Come and find out what Herefordshire Meadows has been up to in 2019 Hear group members share their experience of meadow making Discover how to develop a carbon reduction strategy for your farm Key speakers include :- Becky Willson, Farm Carbon Cutting Toolkit. Carbon, cows and calculators –… Read more →
Herefordshire Meadows 4th Annual Forum. Carbon, cows and calculators. Diverse swards as part of the solution.
Come and find out what Herefordshire Meadows has been up to in 2019 Hear group members share their experience of meadow making Discover how to develop a carbon reduction strategy for your farm Chair James Hawkins; Warren Farms BOOKING ESSENTIAL Becky Willson, Farm Carbon Cutting Toolkit. Carbon, cows and calculators; digging deeper into the solutions Becky has been involved in… Read more →