The Nature Friendly Farming Network and Woodland Trust are hosting a follow-up webinar to the very popular Groundswell session looking at how dairy farms are planning for extreme weather events.

From heat stress in livestock, to drought and flooding, what can we do to improve farm resilience in a future where extremes become the new normal?

This session demonstrates how designing farmed landscapes can help deliver for livestock health and welfare, the wider environment and the farm’s bottom line. The panel will discuss current research, knowledge gaps and importantly - how you can plan and implement some of these changes on your own farm now.

To catch-up on what you might have missed at Groundswell follow the link to watch it now:

Future Proofing Dairy Farms Through Landscape Design - Groundswell 2024

SPEAKERS

Claire Whittle

Claire is a farm veterinary surgeon offering consultancy to regenerative farming businesses. She completed a postgraduate certificate in conservation medicine which consolidated her interest in the principles of ecosystem health on farms. She was awarded a 2021 Nuffield Scholarship studying the benefits of regenerative agriculture on animal health and welfare.

James Robinson

The Robinsons have farmed at Strickley in South Cumbria for almost 150 years. James and his family now have 300 acres of organic land with 130 pedigree Dairy Shorthorns and 130 followers. His herd graze meadows, permanent pasture and herbal leys in small fields surrounded by seven miles of ancient hedgerows.

Lindsay Whistance

Dr. Lindsay Whistance is a Senior Livestock Researcher at the Organic Research Centre, and has worked on animal behaviour, health and welfare research since 2003. Her interests include human-animal relationships and the role that diverse, species-rich environments play in offering high welfare conditions as well as food and medicine for domestic animals. Current focus includes considering the ecological value of livestock/grazing animals.

Pete Leeson

Pete is a chartered surveyor and has worked at the Woodland Trust for 30 years. About half that time he spent acquiring land / woodland for conservation projects in Northern England and Northern Ireland for the Trust. He now advises landowners on woodland, hedge, wood pasture and other habitat creation.