Event
Adaptive Grazing for Climate Resilience and Biodiversity with NFFN
Pasture for Life event on adaptive grazing with cattle at Romshed Farm: creating a resilient farm business while maintaining and restoring biodiversity
This event is part of the South East Pasture & Profit Programme. PfL members and project farmers from the South East are welcome to attend.
Join us for a morning farm walk with farmer Fidelity Weston to see firsthand how Romshed manages their grazing to raise healthy stock and to make their grassland and farm business more resilient to the challenges of the changing climate. This event is being run in partnership with another farmer-led organisation, Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN).
Romshed farm has actively encouraged wildflowers back into its permanent pastures over the last 15 years but has stepped up on this process over the last 4 years by making best use of adaptive multi paddock grazing to improve the quality and biodiversity of the pasture for the benefit of their farm business, wildlife and climate mitigation. During the summer the farm is ablaze with wild flowers and the insects that depend on them for their survival.
There will be lots of opportunities for asking questions and to network with other farmers.
Stuart Harris, NFFN SE England Sustainable Farming Officer will be on hand to share information on the Bumblebee Conservation Trust’s ‘Bee Connected’ project and Operation Turtle Dove – a project involving the RSPB & Natural England.
Light refreshments will be provided.
About Romshed Farm
Romshed Farm, an active member of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, lies south of Sevenoaks in Kent, where the greensand ridge meets the weald clay, on the outskirts of a small village called Underriver.
Among other awards in the farm was awarded the Emsden Trophy for ‘outstanding contribution to conservation in the county of Kent’
‘We treasure the history of the farm, which goes back to Saxon times and aim to maximise the opportunities for wildlife and increased biodiversity. We have a focus on the regeneration of lost wildflower rich meadows. Large areas of long grass, old mixed hedges and small copses provide wildlife corridors for insects, small mammals and birds. ‘
We are proud to be one of a growing number of farms that are certified Pasture for Life, guaranteeing our customers all the human health, environmental and animal welfare benefits from genuine 100% grass-fed produce.
About NFFN
The Nature Friendly Farming Network is a farmer-led membership organisation for farmers, organisations and public supporters, working to mainstream nature-friendly farming as the most sustainable way of producing food.
