Chathill Monitor Farm meeting: Explore your footprint - getting to grips with carbon

Please join Pip Robson of Chathill Farm in Northumberland, for the second meeting of the winter season, to discuss how carbon calculation can assist arable farmers in managing their zero carbon targets. The Chathill Monitor farmer has done a full carbon audit and we will look at how they approached this process and interrogate the data.

On the agenda:  

Harley Stoddart is a specialist in climate change and environmental policy, sustainable agriculture and precision agriculture. 

Ryan Douglas is a consultant within the ADAS Climate & Sustainability team with expertise in net zero agriculture, livestock production systems, plant and crop physiology, and global sustainability challenges. 

10.20 Monitor farm update, Pip Robson 

10.30 What you need to know about carbon! Ryan Douglas 

• why it matters  
• where to start  
• what carbon foot printing is  
• what to do with the results / mitigation, carbon credit schemes - should you be signing up? 
• and what questions you should be asking’  
• actions for that Chathill following the carbon audit process  

1. Emissions from global agriculture, Harley Stoddart  

• Understand the shorthand for greenhouse gases  
• Discuss further about current legislation and the goals set by government to reduce emissions. 

12.30 Meeting summary and closing actions 

https://ahdb.org.uk/carbon-footprint-decision-tool