Posted on September 13, 2021 by Sam Smith -
Are you interested in understanding more about the link between nutrient dense food and soil health?
Would you like to learn practically how you can measure nutrient density in your crops?
Come along to this practical half day workshop to learn more about how to meaures and understand crop quality based on nutrient density and realise the potential to increase crop quality, save costs, and add value to the food that you produce.
This course will cover:
- Background to the concept of nutrient density, how it can be measured using affordable hand-held tools and what this tells us about supporting natural ecosystems, including increased carbon sequestration and biodiversity, and the potential to increase health of animals and people
- Practise using a hand-held Brix Refractometer to measure crop nutrient density
- Take part in a taste testing session to deepen your understanding of the relationship between high and low values of nutrient density, and how this relates to healthy soil
- Learn about the Bionutrient Food Association’s Real Food Campaign (USA) and development of their Bionutrient Meter to empower farmers, growers and food citizens to select nutrient dense food. Also, how their database is showing nutrient variation within the same crop to help increase our understanding of what crop quality is in relation to soil health and growing practices
The course is being run as part of the Farm Net Zero project and will be led by Matthew Adams from the Growing Real Food for Nutrition organisation. The course is open to horticulltural growers and numbers are limited, so book your place today.
Book your place today through Eventbrite by clicking here Places are limited so don’t miss out!
Posted on August 9, 2021 by Alan -
Date: Tuesday, 19th October
Time: 10am – 2pm
Tim Williams at Erth Barton will take us on a farm walk to discuss the innovations he is using to restore the soil health and ultimately achieve carbon net zero. Details of his mixed sheep, beef and arable farm can be found here. Key areas for discussion at this launch event will be:
- Soil health and Climate Compost
- Regenerative farming
- Diverse swards including a quasi-perennial system of arable wheat production
To book yourself a place, and lunch, please register here.
Posted on August 9, 2021 by Sam Smith -
Date: Tuesday, 5th October
Time: 10am – 2pm
Location: what 3 words: zones.irony.flank / Blable Farm, St Issey, Wadebridge PL27 7RF
We have teamed up with the Robert’s family to address the potential of reaching carbon net zero on the beef and arable farm. Mike and his son Sam will lead a farm walk to showcase their high quality beef herd.
Further details about Blable Farm can be found here but key areas for discussion on the day will be:
- Out wintering stock on diverse covers
- Compost bedding
- Bespoke herbal mixtures for high quality beef
To book yourself a place, and lunch, please register here.
Posted on August 2, 2021 by Alan -
Date: Tuesday, 21st September
Time: 10am – 2pm
The first Farm Net Zero launch event will take place at Ennis Barton. Andrew Brewer will discuss how he aims to achieve carbon net zero. There will be opportunities to discuss the innovations he has put in place, and the trials being under taken as part of the Farm Net Zero project.
Further details on Andrew’s farm can be found here but key areas for discussion will be:
- Dairy systems grazed on a diverse sward system
- Grazing management
- Rotation including field vegetable in a mixed system
To book yourself a place, and lunch, please register here.
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