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Wensum Farmers Visit the Pioneering Wendling Beck Project
Last week, members of the Wensum Farmers cluster spent an inspiring morning at the Wendling Beck Project in Norfolk. As long-standing partners and valued members of our cluster, the Wendling Beck team welcomed us for a firsthand look at their pioneering work in engineered landscape-scale nature recovery. The day began indoors with a presentation outlining…
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Derek vs Derek screening at The Swan, Gressenhall
Last night, Wensum Farmers enjoyed a well-attended screening of Derek vs Derek at The Swan in Gressenhall. The evening brought together members from across the group, including several from the West Norfolk contingent. We are very grateful to Swallowtail for hosting the event – the venue provided an excellent setting for both the film and…
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Tough decisions: A spotlight on the drought
Farmers are known for watching the weather closely – and with good reason. It shapes almost everything we do, yet remains completely beyond our control. This year, records seem to be tumbling every month, and rarely for the better. The mental strain caused by the current climate – both the weather itself and the wider…
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Discovering the night time wonders on our farmland
Last week, Wensum Farmers enjoyed a great moth morning at Sparham Hall Farm, hosted and organised by our friends there. The session finished perfectly with bacon rolls in the sunshine. Moths and butterflies are both Lepidoptera – scale-covered wings. While butterflies fly by day with clubbed antennae and wings held over their backs, many moths…
