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A way forward
A Vision for the Future. A day filled with plenty of buzzwords and blue sky thinking but a much needed chat around a renewed purpose for the Wensum Farmers. Questions pertaining to where we want to be in 5 years time and what success will look like, mixed in with suggestions of collaborative hockey teams
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Winter ponding
You associate January with the bleak midwinter, with new starts and resetting the clock on your personal goals, but what about conservation? Whilst the wildlife sleeps, the volunteers and farmers are busy maintaining one of the best biodiverse resources at their fingertips! Farmland ponds have been proven to be hotspots for life in the middle
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Navigating SFI
Having spent the late Autumn and early Winter visiting Wensum Farmers members to determine what would be of use to them, a meeting of the minds was organised. We invited Norfolk FWAG to join us on a cold January afternoon to discuss the intricacies of SFI, Higher Tier and existing HLS payment schemes. Having started
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Restoration and Connection
Wensum Farmers were delighted to be joined by Norfolk Rivers Trust, Anglian Water, Natural England, Water Resources East and Norfolk Ponds Project in this collaborative meeting, looking at a recently restored section of river on a member’s land. This re meandered tributary used to be a dead straight land drain, and now boasts extra space for nature. Whilst there, we were treated
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