Planning Your Agroforestry Project. Presingoll Farm, St Agnes, Cornwall, TR5 0PB. Thursday 13th March 2025, 10:00 – 15:00 Agroforestry specialist, Simeon Day from FWAG SW, will be delivering a free workshop looking at what to consider and how to plan your agroforestry project.
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Farmer Workshops and Consultation: Somerset Local Nature Recovery Strategy Mapping – 26th February, 2025 at 5:00pm These events are provided by Somerset Council and supported by NFU, CLA and FWAG SW. It is an opportunity for the farming community to view the draft mapping and accompanying document – the ‘Statement of Biodiversity Priorities’- for the
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On this page you will find your Grassland resources. The Grassland Introduction video below will get you started. Click on the documents below each video to download the pdf sheets. Now you know some interesting facts about grassland, you are ready to have a go at some activities…
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On this page you will find your Hedgerows resources. The Hedgerows Introduction video below will get you started. Click on the documents below each video to download the pdf sheets. Now you know some interesting facts about hedgerows, you are ready to have a go at some activities…
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On this page you will find your Soil resources. The Soil Introduction video below will get you started. Click on the documents below each video to download the pdf sheets.
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Author: Kate Harris (Communications Officer) & Jacky Cherry (Cornwall KAS Coordinator) Target Audience: Schools, public, farmers, funders. Introduction The Cornwall Kingfisher Award Scheme (KAS) began in 2008 and each year since has supported nearly 300 children from 6 schools to get out on a local farm and see for themselves how food is produced and
Author: Bea Oliver. Summary In May, farmer Henry-James Gay welcomed four school groups to his farm near Tetbury to learn about nutrient cycles on his dairy farm, Duchy Home Farm. FWAG staff, along with Farm Carbon Toolkit and volunteers, delivered two field days of on-farm educational activities to 126 children from four local schools, across
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The Hills to Levels (H2L) project is funded by the Somerset Rivers Authority and provides the land management workstream of the Somerset 20-year Flood Action Plan. The scheme is designed to support farmers in responding to the climate and nature crises we are currently facing. It is a holistic catchment management approach across the catchments
Somerset Catchment Partnership (SCP) brings together a range of organisations working collaboratively at a river catchment scale to deliver cross-cutting improvements to Somerset’s water environments. The Somerset Catchment Partnership covers the majority of Somerset County with an area of 2,820 km2 including catchments of Axe, Brue, Parrett, Tone and West Somerset Stream. Click here to
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Since 2012, the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West (FWAG SW) and the Countryside and Communities Research Institute (CCRI) has hosted a collaboration of organisations within the Upper Thames, striving to improve the water environment and provide wider benefits for people and nature at a catchment scale. To find out more please head to
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