RSPB’s Hope Farm is working on a carbon calculator study, as part of their Carbon Farming Project. The project’s core aim is to improve ways of accurately recording and reducing the farm’s carbon footprint, and to see how these methods impact biodiversity.
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Carbon Audit Case Study – volunteers needed
United Kingdom
carbon capture
climate action
Soil
At this point in the project, the farm plans to run three carbon calculators across several farms and farming systems in the UK. To do this they’re looking for volunteer farmers – in particular a peatland farmer – to gather information on the potential strengths and weaknesses of each tool* for each system. This will allow Hope Farm to more accurately advise farmers and policy makers which ones may best suit their farm or support different schemes. It will also allow the farm to feedback to the toolkit makers about what they do well and what needs improvement.
Volunteering
We welcome interest from farmers who have had experience in using carbon calculators or soil analysis tests, and those that will need to be trained.
Naturally, it will be a faster and more straightforward process for farmers that already have the practical knowledge. However, if you don’t have experience in these areas please bear in mind the extra workload in gathering the required data.
Contact
If you’d like to take part in this study, please email Clara Robinson, or call 07541771221. Deadline for submitting your interest is Tuesday 31 October.
*Cool Farm Tool, the Farm Carbon Cutting Calculator and Agrecalc.