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Working with catchment sensitive farming
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LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a charity that promotes and supports more sustainable farming to create a resilient food and farming system for future generations.
We connect: We connect farmers, innovators and industry to understand best practice sustainable farm management and how it can be applied most effectively to each farm’s unique situation.
We build trust: We provide assurance that growers are farming more sustainably through our independently audited LEAF Marque certification; from the health of their soils to how they engage with local communities.
We educate: Our team of qualified educational specialists work with schools, citizens and farmers across the UK to bring sustainable farming to life, both in schools and on-farm. LEAF promotes more regenerative farming through Integrated Farm Management (IFM). It is a whole farm business approach that uses the best of modern technology and traditional methods.
LEAF is a leading organisation developing and promoting more sustainable farming.
Through our management tools, resources, and training, we aim to provide farmers with the skills, know-how and confidence to build the resilience and sustainability of their businesses.
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Over the past five years, we have been working together with the Catchment Sensitive Farming Partnership (CSF), a programme run by Natural England, in partnership with the Environment Agency and Defra, on several farm video case studies.
Each looks at different areas of sustainable farming practice and aims to assist farmers and their advisers in improving approaches in a cost effective and practical way.
Current videos look at:
- Improving nutrient use efficiency
- Rainwater harvesting from cattle housing
- Improving soil structure through strip tilling and cover cropping
Two further videos have recently been developed looking at:
LEAF Demonstration Farmer, Rob Kynaston, explains his use of regenerative farming practices on the Welsh border, including a look at the farm business, cropping, livestock, soil health, and nutrient management.
Ceri Meehan of Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) highlights the benefits of regenerative farming to water quality, biodiversity and nutrient cycling.
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Chris Ruffley and Paul Lewis of Harper Adams University talk about slurry separation and techniques for better nutrient management on the University Farm in Shropshire.
More effective slurry management (including storage, separation and spreading) allows for more targeted and improved application of nutrients, as well as improving water and air quality.
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