Maize growth for energy: A growing threat to soil health
Maize grown for biogas is accelerating soil erosion and river pollution – yet Government support for the sector continues. Gemma Lane, Land Use Policy Manager, explains why this threatens our…
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Healthy soil – the ultimate essential infrastructure
As the Wildlife Trusts head off to the regenerative farming event Groundswell, where soil health rightly takes centre stage, Vicki Hird looks at the tools we need to restore and protect our soils…
The urgent need to (re)consider lowland peat soils as intensive farmland
In January, The Wildlife Trusts co-hosted a workshop at the Oxford Real Farming Conference, discussing the challenges lowland peat soils face and potential solutions. In this blog, Vicki Hird,…