Romanno Bridge West Linton EH46 7BZ
A theoretical and practical session on regenerative agriculture with three pioneers of farming for carbon. With guest speakers:
Christine Jones, grasslands ecologist, Australia
Gerry Gillespie, City to Soil, Australia
Max Purnell, New Zealand farmer
We’ll be discussing:
- the global challenge and opportunity to get carbon back in our soils, with the benefits for soil life as well as climate change
- practical techniques for livestock and arable farmers
- closed loop systems for composting city food waste and using back on the land
We’ll be comparing notes on what works down under with what works in our wetter, colder soils. As part of the day, we’ll be looking at the ‘2000m2’ project at Whitmuir farm just down the road, where household food waste is being composted and used for community food growing.
This event would be of interest to:
Farmers, soil scientists, gardeners, community food groups, policy makers and anyone interested in how agriculture can be part of the solution to climate change, rather than part of the problem.
Cost £25 per person including lunch. Available here