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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 12h

🌳#Agroforestry Hub - Section Spotlight 🔦

The second part of our mini-series showcasing some brilliant content from our NEW online Hub. 🙌

Section 2.... Mapping the field: Overview of agroforestry systems 🥕

Check out the full Hub here: https://agricology.co.uk/resource/agroforestry-hub/

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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 2d

📢 Farmers, land managers & advisors - want to see how tech can support trees on farms? 🌳

Join the ReForest Project free webinar exploring the #FarmTree Tool. 🌿

👉 https://ow.ly/yK5O50X6WJ2

Explore more tools and resources via our #Agroforestry Hub: https://ow.ly/mbMK50X6WJ0

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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 6d

🌳#Agroforestry Hub - Section Spotlight 🔦

Today marks the start of a mini-series showcasing some of the brilliant content in our NEW Hub. 🙌

First up... Sowing the seeds: Thinking about agroforestry? 🌱

Check out all the resources here: https://agricology.co.uk/resource/agroforestry-hub/

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Organic Research Centre @organicrescent.bsky.social · 7d

At the #AgroforestryShow 2025, Will Simonson, leader of the UK Living Lab, shares how the ReForest project is working with farmers to integrate trees into their landscapes for stronger, more resilient farming systems.#agroforestry youtu.be/V57u2y4Hk7I?...

Building Sustainable Farms with Agroforestry, UK Living Lab: Will Simonson (ORC) | AF Show 2025

YouTube video by ReForest Horizon Europe Project

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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 7d

📢 Integrating Tree Network Event!

Free walk & talk with the fantastic @wildlifecroftskye.bsky.social - Winter management of a young woodland🌳

📍 Wildlife Croft, Drumfearn, Isle of #Skye
🕙 Thurs 30th Oct, 10 am – 1pm
🎟️ Free booking: buff.ly/jvrYsoh

A man smiles at the camera holding a pair of binoculars. There are snow-capped hills in the background and young trees in the foreground. The text reads "Integrating Trees Network Event, Winter Management of a young woodland, Thursday 30th Oct, 10am-1pm"

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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 7d

Check out our sources here: www.soilassociation.org/media/15756/...

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Agroforestry Systems - Silvopasture Alleys - Woodland Trust

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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 7d

🌱 #Agroforestry is all about farming with trees – creating healthier soils, higher yields, + helping wildlife to thrive. These systems build resilience for your farm business + nature.

Explore our NEW Agroforestry Hub to learn more 🌳✨.

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Agroforestry explained: Check out the different ways that trees can benefit your farming system...

Silvoarable: Integrating rows of trees with arable crops creates a 3D farming system that boosts productivity and resilience. Trees reduce soil erosion by up to 65% draw nutrients from deeper soils, and support carbon sequestration. Farmers can benefit from extra income from fruits, nuts, or timber, while crops continue to thrive between rows. Yields can even increase by up to 40%!

Silvopasture: Combining trees with grazing livestock improves animal welfare and productivity while enriching soils. Shade and shelter reduce stress, improve survival rates, and extend grazing seasons by up to 17 weeks. Trees provide fodder and habitats for wildlife, while animals fertilise the land, creating a resilient system that benefits both farmers and livestock.

Hedges, shelter belts and tree buffers are a vital part of the UK’s farming landscape, offering protection from weather extremes, reducing flood risk, and improving soil, water and carbon resources. They act as natural biosecurity barriers while boosting biodiversity - more than doubling species richness on farms and creating habitat corridors for wildlife.

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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 7d

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Agroforestry Takes Centre Stage - New Navigational Guide Out Now!

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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 8d

🍂📰 September newsletter – out now!

👩‍🌾 Reflections from the #AgroforestryShow
🌻 'De-risking' the farming transition @afnnetwork.bsky.social webinar
🌳 New #Agroforestry Hub
🐑 Giulia Kessous from @organicrescent.bsky.social on the EmGen 2025 Summer Gathering

Catch up here 👉https://ow.ly/rqnF50X3GNA

People walk in a field underneath a rainbow next to hay bales

A table display with boxes, leaflets and posters.

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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 8d

💻 #Agroforestry Hub - Now Live!🌳

Designed for farmers, advisors & land managers, the Hub is a free online guide that brings together the best knowledge and real-world experiences to help you plan, plant & manage #trees & #hedges on your farm.

👉 Explore it here: agricology.co.uk/resource/agr...

A series of images from the Agricology Agroforestry Hub featuring trees and people.

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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 14d

📽️We're at Abbey Home Farm with the brilliant Andy Dibben, Rural Pod Media + Down to Earth Media to record our latest 'how-to' video - part of our upcoming tech guide 'Rotations for Field Veg' 🌱🥕.

Sign up to our newsletter and be the first to know when the video launches: ow.ly/v8KN50X1sOa

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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 15d

Event Spotlight 🔦

Driving Sustainable Livestock Farming with Renner Farming & LEAF. 🍃🐑

Learn how to optimise nitrogen use efficiency, enhance soil + animal health and more at this free on-farm event!

📅 9/10, 9:30 - 15:30
📍Chatton, NE66 5PX

Details and tickets here: ow.ly/7yYh50X0OmV

Driving Sustainable Livestock Farming: From Research to Reality - Agricology

LEAF on-farm event to promote collaboration and sharing experience on nitrogen use and sustainable farming.

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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 23d

Farming event spotlight 🔦🗓️

@farmcarbontoolkit.bsky.social are hosting their annual field day on 30th September at Pink Pig Farm 🐖. Speaker line-up includes John Cherry and Tim Parton.

➡️Find out more and register: ow.ly/w19n50WWFWQ

#RegenAg #FieldDay #FarmEvent #SixInchesofSoil #Groundswell

Farm Carbon Toolkit Annual Field Day 2025 - Agricology

Farm Carbon Toolkit's Annual Field Day will take place at The Pink Pig Farm in Lincolnshire, which featured in the documentary feature film Six Inches of Soil.

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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 23d

🪱🌱Roots to Regenerative Agriculture conference: Bursaries available!

Financial support is available for anyone working in a farm setting to attend the @aabiologists.bsky.social 'Roots to Regenerative Agriculture' conference.

Read more/ apply: agricology.co.uk/roots-to-reg...

Roots to Regenerative Agriculture conference: Farmer bursaries now available - Agricology

Apply by the 17th October for financial support to attend the Roots to Regenerative Agriculture conference in Leeds.

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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 27d

Next up in the Agricology ‘podcast studio’ with Wallace Currie is organic and regenerative farmer Tom Fairfax #agroforestryshow agricology.libsyn.com

Walace and Tom sat on sofas in the barn preparing for recording the podcast

Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 27d

Janie Caldbeck, Lucy MacLennan and Alice Farmery on the Agricology stand at #AgroforestryShow today

Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 27d

Session underway now ReForest Training Hub
#AgroforestryShow Will Simonson @organicrescent.bsky.social in conversation with Paul Jackson from Wakelyns, talking about tree establishment and care.

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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 27d

Self-proclaimed 'hedgerow geek' Megan Gimber. "Hedgerows are agroforestry that is relevant to every farm". @ptes-org.bsky.social ReForest Training Hub #AgroforestryShow #hedgerows #agroforestry

Megan Gimber speaking to audience sat on chairs in a timber barn at the Agroforestry Show

Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 28d

We have some fabulous printed Farmer Profiles of #agroforestry in practice, thanks to the Woodland Trust. Check them out on our stand at #Agroforestryshow or agricology.co.uk/farmer-profi...

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5m Books @5mbooks.bsky.social · 28d

At the #agroforestryshow for launch of 2nd edition of @thesoilassociation.bsky.social Agroforestry Handbook edited by @benraskin.bsky.social which we’re delighted to be distributing.

Presale at the show. General release 30 September.

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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 28d

Tree leaves have much more nutrition than annual vegetables e.g., vine leaves and mulberry leaves are widely used for food and fodder in many parts of the world) - Martin Crawford #AgroforestryShow

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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 28d

How to adapt? Diversity, using perennials, need to look at selecting trees to plant from further south. Martin Crawford #AgroforestryShow

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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 28d

Adapting our growing systems for climate change session with @benraskin.bsky.social & Martin Crawford - Martin talking about how to make our growing systems more resilient with climate change. “How often can we cope with crop failure? #AgroforestryShow

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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 28d

"Adaptive management is key. Trees are like children. Their needs are different when they are toddlers to when they are teenagers." Steven Briggs #Agroforestryshow @abacusagri.bsky.social

Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 28d

Intro to #silvoarable - first session in the ReForest
Training Hub #agroforestryshow with Steven Briggs."Before you put the first spade in the ground, you need to think about your intended outputs! What do you want to produce? How you are going to sell something? "

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