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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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Digging for Treasure
How many times as a child have you dreamed of finding treasure in a hole you had dug? Imagining you were a lost explorer about to discover the greatest haul mankind has ever dug up? Throughout the month of August, Wensum Farmers have been doing just that. Digging through the soil horizons to that hidden Black…
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Mapping and Summer Socialising
It has been a busy few weeks for the Wensum Farmers with a visit from Viridian Logic to explain baseline data retrieved from across the catchment plus an informative trip to a group members farm enterprise for a tour around their commercial deer herd, grant funded water storage improvements and a delicious BBQ to round…
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