Hale Village Monitor Farm: Preparing for net zero carbon farming

Please join Hale Village Monitor Farmer Bill for the first meeting of the winter season. We will get an update on the farm, harvest and winter planting. 

And we will also look at how farms can prepare for zero carbon farming, with Sarah Wynn (ADAS) leading a discussion on how carbon calculation can assist arable farmers in managing their zero carbon targets.  

Climate change is arguably the greatest environmental challenge facing the world today and British farmers are all too aware of the increasingly frequent weather extremes. Consequently, farmers have a special responsibility to protect carbon reserves already in soils and vegetation.  
  
As highlighted in the Government's 25-year environmental strategy and by its 'net zero' greenhouse gases emissions target, farmers must prepare their businesses for the pending deadlines.   
  
Sarah Wynn will talk about:  

•  Carbon terminology and myth busting  
• What was involved in the Monitor Farm carbon audit  
• Analysis of the  Monitor Farm carbon figures  
• Understanding how carbon audits can help farm businesses to make strategic decisions  
• Making a realistic management plan to reduce carbon on arable farms