Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF)
Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF) works to deliver more sustainable food and farming. LEAF collaborates with farmers, the food industry, scientists and consumers to inspire and enable sustainable farming that is prosperous, enriches the environment and engages local communities.
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Partner Contributions
Driving Sustainable Livestock Farming: From Research to Reality
Event
This LEAF collaboration day with Renner Farming will focus on nitrogen use, livestock health & building resilient, sustainable farming systems.
Resilient & Ready Cohort 3: Recruitment event
Event
Attend this event at Harper Adams University to find out more about the 3rd round of the LEAF and Corteva Resilient & Ready programme for farmers.
LEAF’s Education Pop-up Knowledge Hub
Event
LEAF day at Lockerley Estate aims to equip farmers & industry professionals to engage young people & society in sustainable farming
Beacons of Excellence – Shaping the Future of Water Sustainability
Event
Join LEAF and other leading voices in sustainable agriculture for a hands-on day exploring smart, practical water management solutions for your farm.
Legumes: The Secret Ingredient for Healthier Soils and Business Success
Event
Join LEAF for an insightful webinar that will explore the environmental and economic benefits of integrating novel legume varieties onto farm.
A Farmer’s Guide to Ash Dieback
Resource
A practical guide designed to help you make informed decisions and take necessary steps to protect people, nature and your business from ash dieback and other tree health issues.
LEAF Surgery: Scaling up Agroforestry
Event
In this surgery LEAF will be considering how economic, practical and cultural factors could influence wide-scale agroforestry across the UK farming landscape.
LEAF Annual Conference – Watch Live
Event
LEAF’s Annual Conference, hosted by BBC broadcaster and journalist, Tom Heap - Watch Live
Delivering Greener Grassland – A Cross-Industry Partnership to Grow Pasture Based Solutions to Climate Change
Blog Post
Will Sibly blogs about the Net Zero from Productive Grasslands (NZPG) partnership.
Intercropping for Sustainability conference
Resource
Footage of a discussion held as part of a 3-day intercropping conference that was a collaboration between DIVERSify and ReMIX projects and the Association of Applied Biologists.
DIVERSify: Designing InnoVative plant teams for Ecosystem Resilience and agricultural Sustainability
Research Project
The DIVERSify project aims to ‘optimise the performance of crop species mixtures or ‘plant teams’ to improve yield stability, reduce pest and disease damage, and enhance stress resilience in agricultural systems.’
Simply Sustainable Integrated Pest Management
Resource
An up-to-date, easy to read guidebook and manual on why Integrated Pest Management is the key to sustainable crop health across agricultural and horticultural sectors and how to implement it on-farm. Practical, realistic and concise with case studies from across the LEAF network.