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...
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The GREAT knowledge exchange network relies on people sharing their own experiences. If you'd like to tell us about your successes, failures, findings and frustrations in going regenerative (or not!), get in touch.
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
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...
May 6, 2022
OUR FIRST REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE CASE STUDY: WELCOME TO LOWER HAMPEN FARM!
This case study explores Clive and Lydia Handy's fascinating journey to a more regenerative system at Lower Hampen Farm, which has...
Mar 31, 2022
Building Community Food Resilience
Produced by Food Ethics Council, March 2022 Use this guide if you want to be part of moving beyond an increasing reliance on charitable...
Mar 29, 2022
NFFN Rethink Farming report
Produced by Nature Friendly Farming Network, December 2021. The actions presented in this report highlight how nature-based solutions can...
Feb 16, 2022
LAND OF PLENTY: A NATURE-POSITIVE PATHWAY TO DECARBONISE UK AGRICULTURE AND LAND USE
Produced by WWF, February 2022. UK governments have set ambitious and welcome climate and nature commitments, but there is no shared...
Feb 16, 2022
The case for local food: building better local food systems to benefit society and nature
Produced by Susain and RSPB, July 2021. Sustain and the RSPB share a vision for a fairer, more sustainable food and farming system, which...
Feb 16, 2022
Beyond the farmgate
Unlocking the path to farmer-focused supply chains and climate-friendly, agroecological food systems. Produced by Susain, October 2021....
Feb 16, 2022
Farming for Change: Mapping a route to 2030
Published in January 2021, Farming for Change: mapping a route to 2030 introduces the technical modelling from IDDRI-AScA on an...
Feb 16, 2022
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions at Farm Level
Practical, easy-to-use guidance to help farmers reduce their greenhouse gas footprint. By farmers, for farmers. Produced by Innovation...
Feb 16, 2022
The opportunities of agri-carbon markets
Green Alliance and WWF, published January 2022. This report summarises the findings of The opportunities of agri-carbon markets: policy...
Feb 15, 2022
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...
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