The annual meeting, on the theme Agroforestry in Brexit Landscapes, will be held on-line.
Programme
Welcome (Tim Pagella, Chair of the Farm Woodland Forum)
Role of agroforestry and hedges in UK climate change targets (Indra Thillainathan, Committee on Climate Change)
DEFRA's agroforestry vision, responses to tree strategy submissions (Rory Lunny, DEFRA)
Forestry Commission support for agroforestry in England (Jim O'Neill, Forestry Commission)
Questions and Answers
Break
Update on agroforestry ELM test (Will Simonson, Organic Research Centre)
Different landscapes in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland (Mike Strachan, Tim Pagella, Jim McAdam, Ian Short)
Questions and Answers
Concluding remarks (Tim Pagella)
Open weekend for visiting farms practising agroforestry in eastern England. The farms involved are: Fellows Farm, Fobbing Farm, Maple Farm Kelsale, Shimpling Park Farm, Wakelyns, Whitehall Farm. Pre-booking essential.
Soil Association online discussion on agroforestry, free for crofters, farmers, land managers and foresters based in Scotland.
The second of a series of informal online conversations about agroforestry. The topic is 'Nutritional properties of trees and shrubs for livestock'.