CLC at the Norfolk Landscapes Conference
Cluster, Landscape, Connect was centre stage – quite literally -at the Norfolk FWAG Landscapes Conference which took place at the Norfolk Showground on 3rd November. CLC were joint sponsors (alongside farm business network Offa) of Stage C at the Conference. This is the third year for the Landscapes Conference and more than 400 visitors poured […]
Farm Clusters: the new force in nature recovery?
Richard Negus is recognised as one of the country’s leading exponents of hedge laying and hedgerow management. He is also author of the award-winning Words from the Hedge, and a member of the High Suffolk Farm Cluster. The following is an extract from his most recent article published in Scribehound, the online publishers of thought-provoking […]
CLC meeting that delivered on every level
Farm cluster facilitators, LNRS officers, Natural England and Catchment Sensitive Farming representatives and people from the private green sector came together for a day of topical debate, knowledge-sharing and an inspirational farm walk. The event was held at AJ Paul’s farm in Broxstead, Suffolk and AJ and Diane Ling (the cluster facilitator) led a brilliant […]
Open farm Sunday: Don’t let insurance risks spoil a great day out
Across Norfolk and Suffolk, farms will be holding Open Farm Sunday events this summer, allowing the public onto their farms to both celebrate British Agriculture and to educate the public on what farming is really about. Open Farm Sunday, which officially takes place on 7 June, offers farm businesses a valuable chance to connect with […]
Busy bees join forces at Bayfield
The Bayfield Estate near Holt played host to a group of farmers and land managers from the North Norfolk Coastal group as they took part in a native bee workshop. This was the second workshop the group has put on which focuses on these fascinating creatures. In September the group was joined by wild bee […]
Broads Authority takes to the airwaves
At the Broads Authority Managing Carbon and Water in Lowland Landscapes Conference, a new podcast series, Broadly Speaking, was alucnhed. The Podcast was created through a Defra‑funded project aimed at building a peatland community and tackling one of the region’s most pressing environmental challenges: managing water and cutting greenhouse gas emissions from 2,000 hectares of […]
Get to know: Wensum Farmers
The Upper Wensum Environmental Farmers Group has been established since 2015 and is a firm fixture within the heavily agricultural area that sits within the River Wensum catchment. With 30 farmers covering 11,000 hectares, the membership ranges from organic and regenerative through to conventional. Compared to much of the rest of the county, this is […]
From field to focaccia … you know what we mean!
Rather than focusing on a cluster group, this week’s deep dive is into an individual farm. However, there is so much going on at Acre Farm near Framlingham that it is worth a post all of its own. Acre Farm is a small, family-run farm cared for by Alexander and Emily Aitchison, supported by their […]
Getting to know… The Waveney & Little Ouse Recovery project (WaLOR)
Led by Suffolk Wildlife Trust, in partnership with the Environment Agency, the WaLOR Project is a specific Defra-funded initiative within the UK Landscape Recovery pilot programme that focuses on the restoration and enhancement of the Waveney and Little Ouse river catchments on the Suffolk/Norfolk border. The project has reached the exciting stage of being open […]
Get to know… Norfolk Broads Farming Cluster
Located to the east of Norwich and stretching from just below North Walsham to Great Yarmouth, the Norfolk Broads Farming Cluster (NBFC) is a group of 30 farmers covering 10,000 hectares. The NBFC operates in a beautiful but fragile environment of many varying landscapes, including wetlands, peatlands, roadbeds, marshes and fen. Agriculture has been entwined […]