Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 12, 2023

The farm is an organic fifth-generation beef and dairy farm in north Somerset, which is mainly made up of permanent pasture and hay meadows, both rich in native grasses, wildflowers and wildlife. Currently, this is not always understood or captured effectively by the market mechanisms.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Meadow Pasture 52

Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

xviii] For example, Clifton Ings and Rawcliffe Meadows are a crucial part of the City of York’s flood defences. For example, the Sustainable Markets Initiative, convened by His Majesty King Charles, is bringing together food companies, farmers and financial actors to trial new financial mechanisms to support regenerative farming.

Food 64

Food Farming Farming Agriculture 64

Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 28, 2023

However, if we over-manage a hedge or intervene by planting a single species or mechanically trimming the hedge too severely, too often or too early in the autumn, we risk suppressing its biodiversity potential. In the last couple of weeks our ‘messy’ hedges have been a heady mix of trailing rose, elderflowers and honeysuckle.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Meadow Straw 52

Civil Eats

JANUARY 28, 2025

Hes also an accountant, squaring the numbers for his central Minnesota farm by hand; a herder, rotating 75 cows between pastures; a crop farmer, raising 300 acres of feed like corn and hay; and a mechanic, repairing the equipment necessary to tend that acreage. Their got a minute?

Farming 131

Farming Farming Pasture Meadow 131