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Jan 3, 2024
Flourishing FLoodplains case studies
FWAG SouthWest worked with CCRI to produce these four case studies of farms on the floodplains of Gloucesteshire. Debbie manages Norton...
Dec 20, 2023
Nov 3, 2023
GREAT ZERODIG Project - Head Grower Job Opportunity
GREAT Zerodig Project is looking for a Head Grower for its new site located at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester and...
Oct 17, 2023
Copy of GREAT REPORT #1: Regenerative Agriculture: Context, Definitions and Drivers of ChangE
This document is one of three written for The GREAT Project to build a narrative for a regenerative farming future and to signpost...
Oct 17, 2023
Regenerative Agriculture: Key Stakeholders at Global, UK and County Level
This is the second report from Jonty Brunyee and Danielle Semple of FarmED, put together for the GREAT Project. It helps to map key...
Oct 17, 2023
PFL Suppy chain event report
Event Date: 6th September 2023 Venue: Wye Organic, Goodrich Village Hall, Goodrich, Ross on Wye, HR9 6HX Speakers Kitty Stainsby,...
Aug 2, 2023
Farm-ED GREAT Study Tour: Gloucester to Groundswell, June 2023
Beginning early on a cool and fresh summer’s morning, a group of over 40 agroecological changemakers working across the food and farming...
Jul 20, 2023
CASE STUDY 8: Regenerative grazing in a pasture-fed system
National Trust tenants Jonty and Mel Brunyee farm at Conygree, where they are building up the data and experience that shows that a...
Jul 20, 2023
Case study 7: ELM - The Catalyst
FWAG SouthWest's ELM Trial has been exploring what is needed to best help achieve the goals of the 25 Year Environment Plan. We describe...
Jul 20, 2023
CASE STUDY 6: Pasture for Life-style
Matt and Laura Elliott moved from Bristol to become National Trust tenants at Sandy Hill Farm. Their 'Sandy Hill Mob' (mob-grazed...
Jul 20, 2023
CASE STUDY 5: Stacking enterprises on a County Farm
Simon and Kat Ball recently took on the tenancy of a Gloucestershire County Council-owned farm. Previously a dairy farm, they have ...
Jul 20, 2023
CASE STUDY 4: Farming without a farm
James and Katie Allen started out as landless graziers, beginning with Katie's flock of sheep for fleece and moving into conservation...
Jul 20, 2023
CASE STUDY 3: Minimising inputs on a dairy farm
Jo Bennett farms at College Farm. His management of pedigree Holsteins take the best from high-tech innovations in dairy farming and...
Jul 20, 2023
CASE STUDY 2: New entrant small-holders
Sarah and Richard Kingdom bought their small-holding recently and are starting out as new entrants to agriculture. Driven by a wish to...
Jul 20, 2023
CASE STUDY 1: Regenerating ancestral soils
Lydia and Clive Handy have transformed Lower Hampen Farm into a thriving and varied source of good food. The farm has been in the Handy...
Jun 2, 2023
Mob Grazing project report
Pasture for Life has published their report into Mob Grazing in the Cairngorms. The project was a partnership with the Park Authority,...
Jun 2, 2023
One-to-one support bears fruit
As part of the GREAT New Farmers Network, we've been providing FREE one-to-one support to farmers, growers and advisors taking their 1st...
Jun 2, 2023
New Farmers Network news
Since kicking off the GREAT New Farmers Network last summer, we've been learning from new entrants about their needs, and working with...
Jan 16, 2023
BRINGING our GREAT PROJECT TO THE OXFORD REAL FARMING CONFERENCE 2023
After an incredible and thought-provoking 3 day conference, we were inspired to write a blog about our experience of bringing the GREAT...
Jun 13, 2022
The Rural Facilitator: a new course from Ruralink
A new professional development course for professional advisors, community convenors and other team and project facilitators has been...
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