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  • Crisp Malt

    Visiting our neighbours along the Wensum and understanding how we can better work together is always a positive and productive use of our time. Crisp Malt were kind enough to offer the Wensum Farmers a tour around their site. The aims being to better understand the malting process and to appreciate the lengths that Crisp’s…

  • Something to tweet about

    The majority of Wensum Farmers take part in the annual Big Farmland Bird Count hosted by the BTO, so to tie in with this national initiative, we ran an internal competition to monitor the status of some of our rarer farmland birds. The group were challenged to count the red listed birds on their holdings…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Shimpling Park Farm

    With Spring (finally!) making an appearance and the sun beaming down on us, the Wensum Farmers took a trip across the border to visit the very inspirational John Pawsey at Shimpling Park Farm.  John is renowned for his innovative approach to farming organically and testing new and pioneering methods. We were treated to home made…

  • The Value of Hedges

    Hedges are one of the most important features in our landscape. When healthy and thriving – burst with food resource, offer shelter and protection and are a crucial part of our history and heritage.  We at Wensum Farmers are making a commitment to rejuvenate sections of hedges in desperate need of new base growth. With…