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Using Perennials in CSAs and Market Gardens

Webinar from CSA Network UK with Mandy Barber of Incredible Vegetables and Ryan Sandford-Blackburn of Earthed Up! exploring the potential of perennials for CSAs and market growers.

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lambs eating willow. Photo: Innovative Farmers.
This resource page shares insights from a farmer-led field lab which explored how feeding willow to lambs could address cobalt deficiency and support healthy growth.
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The Agricology Podcast offers practical insights into sustainable farming, featuring conversations with farmers, researchers, and advisors. Explore topics like soil health, regenerative agriculture, and livestock management through diverse perspectives.
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Grazing livestock - It's not the cow but the how
This report from the Sustainable Food Trust highlights the benefits that regeneratively grazed livestock can have for climate, nature, food security and health.
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In-field trees in the landscape: Copyright: Woodland Trust
Three leaflets from the Woodland Trust aimed at livestock farmers wanting to make the most of trees on the farm.
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Cow browsing hedge line behind electric wire. Photo Lindsay Whistance
This is the audio recording of a session run by Agricology at the Oxford Real Farming Conference featuring Matt Smee with Organic Research Centre’s Dr Lindsay Whistance.
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Herdwick sheep, Cumbria. Taken by Janie Caldbeck. All Rights Reserved
Sustainability is multi-faceted - it’s not just about carbon. True sustainability means taking a holistic view better representing the multi-functionality of UK sheep farming...
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Group of people hand weeding a vegetable crop in the field. Courtesy of Jane Sweetman
Cultivating Wisdom’ is a collection of agroecological research summaries from practitioners in the Landworkers’ Alliance’s ‘Experts in Your Field’ project.
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Grazing cows
Video playlist from the Soil Association of case study farmers practising mob grazing in Scotland and associated webinars.
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A cow in a field of clover and chicory at Yatesbury House Farm
This ORFC 2024 session reframed the case for livestock in the landscape.
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Sheep at Shimpling Park Farm. Courtesy of John Pawsey. All Rights Reserved
Footage of a Groundswell 2024 panel discussion organised by Agricology, exploring the practicalities of reintroducing sheep into your business.
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Dorset cows grazing: Photo Phil Sumption
Interesting research insights from Rothamsted Research based on a long-term grazing experiment that compares set-stocking with cell grazing
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Grampian_Graziers
Short video of Nikki Yoxall on the power of native and rare breed cattle to be ecosystem engineers through Holistic Management
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Bale grazing
Case study and video produced as part of the GREAT (Gloucestershire Regenerative Environment and Agriculture Transition) Project.
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Tree hay: Photo credit Lynbreck Croft
Soil Association Scotland webinar discussing how tree hay can be a valuable way to supplement winter forage and support livestock nutrition and welfare.
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Carbon Calling
Footage of Stuart Johnson, 2023 ‘Soil Farmer of the Year’ and dairy farmer Bruce Thompson speaking at Carbon Calling 2023 about farming regeneratively, reducing inputs, keeping the farm business profitable, and all things dung beetle related!
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Grazing dairy cows. Photo Phil Sumption
Real Wealh Ranching's 'condensed steps to gradually wean your land from the high cost of synthetic fertilisers without losing your shirt in the process'.
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Pasture-fed production: Photo Phil Sumption
The 'Sustainable Economic and Ecological Grazing Systems - Learning from Innovative Practitioners' (SEEGSLIP) project sought to evidence the practices of Pasture for Life (PFL) producers and farmer members using holistic, system-based approaches.
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Mule sheep. Photo credit Lisa Arguile
Sageguard is a toolbox of recommendations regarding sustainability indicators (especially for social, economic and animal welfare) and practical decision-making tools for sheep and goat farmers. It was an output of the Innovation for Sustainable Sheep and Goat Production in Europe (iSAGE) project.
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Biodiversity case studies - Ian Boyd
A series of Pasture-Fed Livestock Association (PFLA) case studies which focus on various ways in which farmers are increasing biodiversity on their farm.
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Water, soils, wildlife & profit - Loddington
Recording of an online workshop organised by CFE on water, soils, wildlife, and on-farm profit and featuring Phil Jarvis, Farm Manager at the GWCT Allerton Project, who talks about activities they have undertaken on the farm and in the wider catchment to improve water quality and soil health.
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Upland farm with sheep
Less is more on upland farms: decreasing livestock stocking rates to sustainable levels increases a farm’s profitability and improves the natural environment.
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Beans and stubble 2
A case study focusing on Douglas Christie, a farmer in Scotland, who has been experimenting with direct drilling and growing cover and companion crops in his quest to reduce inputs and improve soil health and biodiversity.
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Pasture-fed beef cattle
Pasture for Life (PfL) standards can result in improved animal welfare, ecosystem resilience, healthier soils, and increased biodiversity.
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Cattle browsing hedgerow
Animals that have maximum outdoor access are able to express much more natural behaviour than when housed, leading to improved animal welfare. Find out more here.
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