Event Category: Farm Net Zero

Lindsay Whistance, expert on animal behaviour, health and welfare at the Organic Research Centre, will introduce us to how to improve the value of trees on farm for animal welfare.

This will be a fascinating talk and provide a new insight into how trees can fit into the
Cornish landscape enhancing farm resilience, biodiversity and carbon capture.

This Lottery-funded Farm Net Zero event will be hosted by Mike and Sam Roberts at
Blable Farm, Wadebridge, PL27 7RF.

Please meet in the farmyard: (What3words:///magic.consoled.inspects).

To book:

Pasties will be provided so please book a place with one of the Farm Net Zero project team:

• Alex Bebbington ([email protected]),
• James Harbord ([email protected]),
• Hannah Jones ([email protected]).

Keep an eye on other Farm Net Zero events here.

Insects play a fundamental role in our food growing and wider ecosystems.

Come along to the Westcountry Rivers Trust’s next climate-friendly gardening workshop to learn how we can support them in our gardens and reap the benefits, as we all adapt to the effects of climate change.

This session will be hosted by the productive Community Roots Garden.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Explore the companion planting and beetle banks of the Community Roots’ Garden to spot and identify different insects.
• Learn about creating insect habitat in your growing space.
• Build a bee hotel to take home.

Check out the poster here.

This event was organised as part of the Farm Net Zero project, find out more here.

Farm Net Zero Monitor Farmer, Peter Cox has been growing lucerne for silage over a number of years and takes an average of 13 cuts over the 4-year lifetime of the crop. The yield ranges from approximately 15 to 18 tonnes an acre at a crude protein value of 24%.

Come to this field walk to understand the agronomy unique to lucerne, and how this crop could improve the resilience of your system.

Please park at Burraton farm barns next to Tremeadan House, PL17 8LL on Stoke Road: (What3words:///blazed.memory.florists).

Pasties will be provided so please book a place with one of the Farm Net Zero project team.

To book:

Please email –

• Alex Bebbington ([email protected]),
• James Harbord ([email protected]);
• Stefan Marks ([email protected])

This event is part of a series of events run by the Farm Net Zero project and funded by The Lottery Community Fund.

THIS EVENT IS NOW CANCELLED

This is a joint Lottery-funded Farm Net Zero and FABulous Farmers Demonstration Event.

Matt Chatfield founder of the Cornwall Project will give us a tour of his farm with a detailed discussion of how crucial ruminants are to support biodiversity.

His grazed woodlands are central to his forage management plan and meat marketing. This will be a fascinating talk and provide a new insight into agroforestry providing a spotlight on how trees can enhance livestock welfare and production.

When:

Tuesday 20th June 11am – 1.30pm

Where:

Lower Farm, Halwill, Devon, EX21 5UH. Please meet in the farmyard: (What3words:///oatmeal.gallons.lessening).

To book:

Pasties will be provided so please book a place with one of the Farm Net Zero project team

• Alex Bebbington ([email protected]),
• James Harbord ([email protected]);
• Hannah Jones ([email protected])

Hosted by the West Country Rivers Trust as part of the Farm Net Zero project, join the next climate-friendly gardening workshop, hosted by the thriving Loveland Community Field in Penryn.

Gain tips on how to start your own forest garden and take a look at the agroforestry planting at Loveland.

🌳 Take a look at the new agroforestry planting at Loveland and hear about the challenges and inspiration behind the project

🌳 Gain tips on how to start your own forest garden

🌳 Learn how to manage your garden to reduce carbon emissions and boost biodiversity

Find out more and reserve your FREE spot here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forest-gardening-and-agroforestry-workshop-tickets-641223194837

An event for the community at the hub of the Stoke Climsland Farm cluster

Bonny Lightfoot of Alren farm has been one of the farmers central to building the award winning 21-strong Stoke Climsland Farm Cluster. Bonny, Tim and Jake are holding an event to discuss what they are doing to improve water quality and support biodiversity.

Other speakers include:

• Robin Jackson (Duchy College) Director of the Rural Business School
• James Harbord (Westcountry Rivers Trust)
• James Coumbe (Westcountry Rivers Trust) Land Adviser, and Farm Cluster Coordinator
• Hannah Jones (Farm Carbon Toolkit) Soil quality and carbon adviser

The Defra Funding will support innovations by the Lightfoots and others in the farm cluster to enhance the beautiful environment of the Stoke Climsland Parish.

This Lottery-funded Farm Net Zero event will take place at the Alren Farm, Stoke Climsland, PL17 8PT on the 24th June at 11am-2pm.

Please meet at the farm (What3words:///averts.warblers.remodel).

Pasties will be provided so please book a place (email below)

To book your place, contact:

• Alex Bebbington ([email protected])
• James Harbord ([email protected])
• Hannah Jones ([email protected])

We’re happy to share news of the next Farm Net Zero event!

This event will allow you to:

• Understand the layout, technology and process of methane capture from slurry using the Bennamann system
• See the latest prototype New Holland T6 180 methane tractor
• Hear first hand experience of the day-to-day management of using farm-produced methane
• Contribute to the latest ideas and questions about this prototype.

Details:

The event will kindly be hosted by Katie and Kevin Hoare at Trenance Farm, Blunts, PL12 5JB
Please meet in the farm yard (What3words///paid.torch.relatives)

Lunch will be provided, so please do book.

To book:

Contact Stefan Marks ([email protected]) or Alex Bebbington ([email protected]).

Other events:

Look out for more Farm Net Zero events on our events webpage here, and read more about previous Farm Net Zero events here.

Another Farm Net Zero event which is set to be an insightful session. This field walk will look at the benefits of hedgerows on farms for carbon capture, livestock health and biodiversity.

This Lottery-funded Farm Net Zero event will be hosted by FNZ Monitor Farmers, Roger and
Lavinia Halliday at Browda, Linkinhorne, PL17 7NB (signposted from Linkinhorne and Plushabridge).

The event will have contributions from:

• Roger Halliday on the management and importance of hedges on the farm,
• Farm Carbon Toolkit’s Becky Willson on the Hedgerow Carbon Code,
• Emma Eberhardt on the options for planting through Forest for Cornwall,
• Dr. Rob Wolton on the biodiversity benefits of hedgerows

The discussion will focus on how hedgerows have helped the sustainability of the Halliday’s farm, management and maintenance options and how these can fit into the new Sustainable Farming Incentive 2023 options.

Please meet in the farmyard (What3Words:///lawns.cobble.decide).

See to the right for details on time and date.

Lunch will be provided, so booking is essential.

To book:

To book your place, contact Hannah Jones ([email protected]), Alex Bebbington ([email protected]) or James Harbord ([email protected])

A Farm Net Zero event aimed at food businesses interested in local and sustainable food

Selling and marketing net zero food in Cornwall: what it means for you and your customers

Are you a food business interested in local and sustainable food? We are all now aware that we need to reduce carbon emissions in order to slow climate change. But how can this benefit you and your food business?

Come and join the Farm Net Zero team at:

Lost Gardens of Heligan
February 22nd 2023, 11am-3pm

• Learn more about how we measure the carbon footprint of farm produce
• Hear how farmers are changing their production to become more sustainable
• Discuss with others how best to utilise this opportunity within your own food business

As well as a fabulous lunch made from delicious Heligan-grown ingredients, you will get a chance to hear directly from a range of farmers who will explain how they are now growing and supplying food (dairy, cereals, vegetables, poultry, beef and lamb) using farming methods aimed at lowering their carbon footprint.

Some of our Farm Carbon Toolkit team will be there on hand to explain some of the more complicated issues concerning the carbon footprint of different farm-produced foods.

This is a free event.

Places are limited so book now to avoid disappointment.

How to book:

Climate Friendly Food Tickets, Wed 22 Feb 2023 at 11:00 | Eventbrite

The Farm Net Zero project is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.

This Lottery-funded Farm Net Zero event will take place at the Old School House at Stoke Climsland. Please meet at the Old School House car park, PL17 8NY. (What3words:///station.quail.glorious)

Lunch will be provided, so booking is essential.

About the event

This event builds on the trials on maize establishment at Tregooden Farm by Farm Net Zero Monitor Farmers, Malcolm and Catherine Barrett. Please note it is not hosted at Tregooden Farm, but at the above address.

We will present the results of three methods of maize establishment; one crop after grass and the other after wheat. The results on yield, quality, soil health and soil carbon will be provided with film footage from Tregooden.

This event will be open to discussions and ideas for a Field Lab on maize establishment with our Farm Net Zero project partners, Innovative Farmers. Attendees will be invited to discuss innovations they have put in place for growing maize including cultivations, under sowing, or use of cover crops. The event will be the first opportunity to participate in (or observe) a maize- focused Innovative Farmers Field Lab.

How to book

To book your place, contact Stefan Marks ([email protected]), Alex Bebbington ([email protected]) or James Harbord ([email protected]).