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2 avril 2021 14:06

2 avril 2021 14:06

Combining trees with crops or livestock is more productive, better for wildlife and healthier for the planet, but only 3% of the UK’s farmland currently practices agroforestry. Find out how we’re working with farmers to achieve our goal of over half of UK farms having agroforestry systems in place by 2030 in this agroforestry documentary video. This film, created by the Soil Association through their involvement in the FABulous Farmers project, explores some of the many benefits that can be experienced from different agroforestry systems. It features Ben Raskin explaining what agroforestry is and showing a field at Eastbrook farm that has 19 different species of trees and nuts, and an alley cropping field that will provide shade, shelter and browse for cattle. ORC researcher Lindsay Whistance talks about the important part trees can play in helping to manage carbon sequestration, nitrogen sequestration and methane. Martyn Bragg of Shillingford Organics explains the many benefits that have come from combining alleys of trees with vegetable crops, and Jon Perkin and the Apricot Centre’s Martina Brown-O’Connell, talk about the advantages of the system run at the Dartington Hall Estate, where sub tenants have taken on a strip of land and planted their own trees which they can take produce from. Find out more: https://www.soilassociation.org/our-c...​ This film was created as part of Soil Association’s involvement in the FABulous Farmers project (https://www.soilassociation.org/farme...​). The project aims to support farmers to transition to more agroecological practices on their farms. It is funded by the European Regional Development Fund for North West Europe, Interreg.

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• AB - Utile à l'AB
• FREDO adaptation aux changements globaux
• FREDO agroforesterie
• FREDO durabilité
• GEO Royaume-Uni

2020-10-29

29 octobre 2020