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Meet Fellow Members - Henrietta & Nicholas Buxton
Easneye is a farming estate in rural East Hertfordshire. Henrietta and Nicholas Buxton live at Watersplace, near a ford and an old...

Alice Clark
Apr 153 min read
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Walking the (pond) talk
Restoring choked up old ponds on home ground was a long held dream. Credit J McNaughton. I have, for five years now, had the privilege of...

Jilly McNaughton
Mar 63 min read
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Our survey said... and we listened!
Thank you, dear members, for all the responses to our recent survey. From it, we learned that a large majority of you make good use of...

Jilly McNaughton
Feb 52 min read
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Celebrating World Soils Day 2024: Unlocking the Potential Beneath Our Feet
Today, on World Soils Day, we shine a spotlight on the lifeblood of farming: soil. Often overlooked and underestimated, soil is the...

emilystacey2
Dec 5, 20243 min read
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Dust off your billhooks!
Here at FWAG East we have to confess that our hearts rather skip a beat at the sight of a well-laid hedge. This bucolic art conjures...

Jilly McNaughton
Nov 28, 20243 min read
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Thank you for the ponds!
When we got the call from Natural England strategists back in 2019 to see if we could help them deliver a trail-blazing new approach to...

Jilly McNaughton
Oct 21, 20243 min read
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Biodiversity Net Gain on the Ground - and Behind the Scenes!
FWAG East members and guests enjoyed an enlightening insight into a trail blazing Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) site this month, on a...

Jilly McNaughton
Oct 16, 20242 min read
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Unmissable Autumn Events!
As the nights draw in it's always good to have things to look forward to and we are looking forward to connecting with members old and...

Jilly McNaughton
Sep 23, 20242 min read
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Silent Earth – Averting the Insect Apocalypse by Dave Goulson
One of the highlights of 2023's Groundswell Festival was a lecture by Dave Goulson, Professor of Biology at the University of...

Alice Clark
Sep 9, 20243 min read
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The Jewel of the Fens
Earlier in July, FWAG East was given special access to Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire for a guided walk with Natural England through...

George Gillott
Jul 27, 20242 min read
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Ghost Ponds and Goosebumps - A Film
Nothing in farming gives us FWAG Advisers goose bumps more than restoring ghost ponds (except perhaps combines. We all love a combine!)....

Jilly McNaughton
Jul 12, 20241 min read
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Insecticide-free Herts Farm Wins FWAG East Farm Conservation Award 2024
A regenerative arable farmer from Hertfordshire has won the 2024 FWAG East Farm Conservation Award. Andrew Bott of Finches Farm,...

Alice Clark
Jun 24, 20243 min read
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Thank you for the Hedges!
National Hedgerow Week has rolled around again and my thoughts turn with gratitude to the farmers up and down the country who do their...

Jilly McNaughton
May 8, 20242 min read
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SFI Hedgerow Condition Assessments - Money for Old Rope?
Farmers can now be paid to carry out a ‘condition assessment’ of hedgerows on their farms under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI)....

Jilly McNaughton
Mar 14, 20243 min read
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FWAG East Welcomes New Funding Landscape for 2024
Following the recent announcement regarding changes to the Environmental Land Management Schemes, FWAG is delivering an...

Jilly McNaughton
Jan 10, 20241 min read
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Book Review - Entangled Life
Move over bees, there’s a new buzz word in farming - fungi! Anyone with half an eye on regenerative agriculture will find biologist...

Jilly McNaughton
Oct 16, 20232 min read
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Harvest '23 Certainly Had its Moments
For many farmers, ’23 will be remembered as one of the most disappointing harvests to date, some will remember it as the year they...

George Gillot
Oct 3, 20232 min read
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Cherished Ponds - Reflections on Survey Season (with gratitude)
As our busy pond survey season draws to a close there is finally time to catch breath and reflect on the great gains our pond restoration...

Jilly McNaughton
Jul 7, 20231 min read
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We have a winner!
A sustainable, diversified family farm in Northamptonshire has won the 2023 FWAG East Farm Conservation Award. Mee Farmers fought off...

Jilly McNaughton
Jun 8, 20233 min read
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Cover crop funding available to farmers in North Hertfordshire
Affinity Water is offering funding to farmers in North Hertfordshire to grow cover crops this autumn/winter to benefit soil health and...

emilystacey2
Jun 6, 20232 min read
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