🍌🗑️Can Composting Kill Weeds and Save Carbon?
This video (now available via Agricology) from @IFarmers shares results from a #FarmNetZero field lab seeking to understand the science behind #composting & how it can benefit farmers & growers.
Watch now: ow.ly/W78o50Yo0jV
🎉 Five years of #FarmNetZero and we’re only just getting started!
FCT's Liz Bowles reflects on the final FNZ conference and the progress made: healthier soils, lower inputs, reduced emissions & stronger farm resilience.
👀What’s next?👇
farmcarbontoolkit.org.uk/202…#SoilHealth
Nicola & Chris from @HeliganGardens saying how transformational their compost #FarmNetZero#fieldlab has been for waste management. Understanding how they can optimise compost to combine all 3 of their garden waste streams together while killing pathogens has made a big impact.
Emma Restorick from prideaux walled garden talking about her role in the #FarmNetZero#fieldlab looking at tackling bindweed and reducing carbon through optimising home grown compost and other nature friendly techniques.
Impressive results from the 3 Cornish farms on the #FarmNetZero panel.
Results don't yet include soil carbon changes but still show a reduction in carbon:
Balance per ha (tonnes CO2):
Pensipple 📉 0.73 to - 0.75
Tregooden 📉 1.63 to - 0.68
Lawhittonb Barton 📉 3.93 to 3.35
So what's been achieved by #FarmNetZero?
The headlines:
🥧1497 pasties ingested
đźšś215 fields involved across the farms involved
🪏1935 holes dug
🪱9865 worms counted
And importantly a reduction in carbon footprint across all farms sectors involved! 📉
Stunning & soulful talk from Mike Roberts from Blable Farm. "It's like the #FarmNetZero project has trigged a lost bit of DNA. A connection to the land that our ancestors let go. We've regained an understanding of these diverse mixes of plants that bring life back into the soil.
We're at the final #FarmNetZero conference where 40 farms across north and east Cornwall have been looking at innovations to reduce their carbon footprint. A very effective model which #fieldlabs have been part of with network building and community engagement to amplify impact.
🌿🎶 On 18 Oct, we joined Farm Net Zero to celebrate farming, music & community in Cornwall! 💚 See the highlights in our infographic below, and watch the full performance by pupils & the amazing Camborne Town Band here 👉 youtu.be/64rU4bCe2D4#FarmNetZero#CMST
🌿🎶 CMST joined forces with Farm Net Zero to promote sustainable farming through music! Primary School Pupils wrote lyrics with our team, set to music by Gareth Churcher & performed with Camborne Town Band. Hear the song below! 🎵💚 #FarmNetZeroyoutu.be/64rU4bCe2D4
With a focus on controlling bindweed—a challenge for perennial crops and no-dig systems—this #FarmNetZero factsheet covers tips on moisture control, turning frequency, weed-seed management, and the use of microbial supplements👇
farmcarbontoolkit.org.uk/wp-…#Compost#SoilHealth
With a focus on controlling bindweed—a challenge for perennial crops and no-dig systems—this #FarmNetZero factsheet covers tips on moisture control, turning frequency, weed-seed management, and the use of microbial supplements👇
farmcarbontoolkit.org.uk/wp-…#Compost#SoilHealth