At the end of February, The Allerton Project organised and hosted a soil event to discuss the state of soil after a challenging winter and identify some of the best strategies to implement after adverse conditions. Attendees of the event heard from three guest...
Capturing Nutrients Leaving land either cultivated or fallow over the winter with little weed growth can lead to high levels of nitrate leaching, as well as the loss of other nutrients. Amazingly, cover crops can reduce the loss of nitrates to 0 when established...
Toby Simpson Cover Crops Tour When it comes to soil health and regenerative management, one farming technique seems to be at the forefront of conversation recently, the establishment and use of cover crops. In January, The Allerton Project organised a cover cropping...
The EU Horizon 2020 project Climate Neutral Farms aims to support the transition to climate-neutral and climate-resilient European farming by scaling up systemic, locally relevant solutions at a farm level. During the last 12 months we have selected 10 farms from...
In rare fine weather on 16th May the Allerton Project was excited to host forty delegates to a workshop as part of our Climate Neutral Farms (ClieNFarms) project, a €13.6m, 14-country initiative under the EU Horizon umbrella to drive innovation in the decarbonisation...
