Event Date
Farm Walk

Join us for a morning tour and chat with Nuffield Scholar Toby, as we explore the benefits of cover cropping for climate-friendly farming.

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Date and time

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:00 - 13:00 GMT

Location

Holme Wood Lodge, Old North Road, PE7 3SB.

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Cover Cropping for Climate Neutral Farming – A morning tour and discussion with Nuffield Scholar Toby Simpson

Join us for a morning talking all things cover crops and intercrops! Toby has just completed his Nuffield Farming Scholarship titled: “Catch and Cover Cropping Opportunities in UK Arable Agriculture”. Toby will take us through his key findings and how he is putting them into practice on his family farm growing targeted cash crops in a highly biodiverse system. Toby is part of the Climate Neutral Farms Project and will discuss how these strategies are contributing to making his farm more resilient for the future.

The farm walk will include looking at some of his Wildfarmed wheat, different cover crops mixes and termination strategies, managing intercrops, farming on a range of soil types and using the Sustainable Farming Incentive to support these developments. Please arrive at 10am for refreshments.

 

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