Projects
Cluster Facilitation
We are acting as facilitators to nine farmer clusters, collaborating closely with these groups to achieve their biodiversity and water quality objectives on a landscape scale. Our role as facilitators involves guiding and supporting farmers in implementing sustainable practices that benefit both their operations and the environment.
Newt Pond Project
We are working with Natural England to restore and create pond habitats in a new, strategic, landscape level approach to compensating for great crested newt habitat lost to development known as District Level Licensing (DLL). Funding is available to dig and restore ponds in parts of Essex, Cambs, and Herts. We are proud to have created and restored over 600 ponds so far in the past five years, thanks to the proactive landowners in these counties.
Thames Water Catchment Project
We are delivering the Thames Water Catchment Fund - working with farmers across the Lee catchment to improve and protect water quality in the Beane, Rib & Quin, Ash, Stort, Pincey Brook, Cobbins Brook and Lower Lee. The funding helps farmers make infrastructural changes, equipment purchases and undertake land management options. If you farm in any of these catchments, please do contact us to find out more.
Past Work
Marks & Spencer - 'Farming with Nature'
Marks & Spencer's 'Farming with Nature' programme is a collaborative approach to help its Select Farm Growers become more resilient to the biggest environmental challenges they face – spanning climate change, biodiversity, soil health, and water usage. We're working with Marks & Spencer to deliver expert training, events and advice to facilitate this.
Affinity Water Cover Crop Trials
We have been delivering cover crop trails with Affinity Water in North Herts for more than 6 years. The trials aim to demonstrate the ability of cover crops to reduce the amount of nitrate leached to groundwater as well as the other benefits of growing multi species covers over winter. The project involves soil and water analysis as well as biodiversity sampling and events to promote cover crops and other regenerative farming methods.
Alconbury Brook Natural Flood Management Project
We are helping to improve water quality and reduce the downstream flood risk in the Alconbury Brook catchment in Huntingdonshire, working alongside farmers and the EA to deliver on-farm habitat enhancements and creation projects. These include online and offline pond creation, leaky dam installation, woodland improvement and re-meandering watercourses.