News Archive
John Davis is promoting a design of shelterbelt, Optimal Shelterbelt (OSB), that should give a significant increase in warmth and humidity in the local microclimate. This is currently being read more ...
A new literature review on the topic published by Natural England on 8th October 2021.
Defra's Future Farming Innovation Programme for England opened for applications on 20th October 2021, and will remain open for 5-6 weeks. There are three types of projects funded in this first read more ...
The Landworkers' Alliance have released a report 'The Promise of Agroforestry: Lessons from the Field'. This draws on examples of 8 projects in the UK to highlight the benefits of agroforestry in read more ...
A group of 7 farms in south west England are running a 12-year trial on silvopastoral agroforestry. The farmers will monitor the impact of integrating more trees on farmland on animal behaviour, read more ...
9th December 2020. Defra have published a document making clear that silovoarable agroforestry, silvopasture, riparian forest buffers (tree-planting between agricultural land and watercourses) read more ...
Farm Woodland Forum submits views to the England Tree Strategy Consultation.
DEFRA has launched a consultation on the England Tree Strategy. Submissions should be made by 11th September 2020.
Recently published research exploring land-use histories of tree-crop landscapes: a cross-site comparison in the Mediterranean basin.
The 5th European Agroforestry Conference, to be held in Sardinia, has been postponed to 5th - 7th October 2020.
Early bird registration has been postponed to 30th June 2020.