In the first of our winter webinar series we take a deep dive into blackgrass and some of the strategies we can use for controlling it by focusing on soil health.

As Kyle Richardville, from our mentoring team, explains, conventional farming practices have created circumstances which can actually benefit many weeds, including blackgrass.

In the webinar Kyle explains how adopting the Six Principles of Soil Health on your farm will build soils where water and air can cycle freely, reduce compaction and increase organic matter levels to feed beneficial microbes and fungi.

As a farmer myself, I appreciate how often farmers feel attacked for contributing to environmental harm.

This is especially frustrating when there are so many farming practices delivering substantial environmental benefits which go unrewarded or ignored.

There are clear environmental and wider cultural benefits that come from farming livestock in the landscape which would be lost if this happened.

It motivates me to make the case and collect evidence to help farmers be recognised and rewarded for the good that they do.

As part of our free winter webinar series we are excited to offer people the chance to hear directly from one of the pioneers of regenerative farming, Gabe Brown who heads up our mentoring team.

Gabe is a founding member of our mentoring partners Understanding Ag and is world-renowned as one of the leading voices in the movement.

Gabe will share his advice on transitioning to a more holistic approach to farm management and overcoming some of the economic, educational and cultural barriers which can stand in the way.