CUTTING THE COST OF CARBON - Shropshire Venue
Wednesday 8th December 2010
The first of a series of events from FARM CARBON, a free, carbon-accounting service for farmers in the LEADER area of south Shropshire – see map on website for details.
Title: ‘Cutting the Cost of Carbon’
Venue: Plowden Hall, Lydbury North, Shropshire, SY7 8AQ
Agenda:
09:30 Registration and tea/coffee
10 -12:00 Introduction and Farm Carbon project
Speakers on:
- PV/Renewables/FITS - Julian Morgan (Director, 7Y Training)
- Farm CO2e emissions, Water and Landscape English Beef and Lamb, Roadmap - Duncan Pullar (EBLEX)
- Farming techniques to cut carbon - Mark Measures (Director IOTA)
- Nutrient Management Plans - Rebecca Wells (NFU, Stoneleigh)
- On-farm experience of renewables - local farmer (tbc)
12 - 12:45 Lunch
12:45 - 1:30 Farm Walk round Plowden estate, led by Roger Plowden
1:30 - 3 Workshops/Discussion groups 1) on all the above topics, plus:
- Wind Turbines - Rory Macken (BECL)
- Fuel Efficiency - speaker tbc (Efficient 20 project)
- Hydro - Ainsleigh Rice (Hydro project management)
- Biomass heating - Richard Hill (Intelligent Energy)
Farmers will be free to move around each of the 9 discussion groups as
they wish, for a ‘rolling discussion’ in each one.
If you have a renewable project on your farm in mind, bring along as
many details as possible for an in-depth discussion.
3 - 3:15 Tea/coffee
3:15 – 4 Workshops/Discussion groups 2), as above
4pm Close
Maximum: 35 farmers. We expect to be fully booked, so early registration is essential.
Cost: £20 To include lunch and refreshments (subsidised). Payable on registration.
How to book: Contact David Luckhurst, Farm Carbon Project Officer on 01588 630683 or 07980 835464 or davel@farm-carbon.org
How to get there: A map will be sent when you register.
The agenda is planned as above, but may change in some minor details.
More details will be on the Farm Carbon website soon, including a map: www.farm-carbon.org
Even if you can’t make this event, others are planned across south Shropshire over the next 18 months. You can register to be kept informed by contacting David Luckhurst as above.
The Farm Carbon accounting service is available until early 2012, but there is a limit on numbers.
The Farm Carbon project is part financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development 2007-2013: Europe investing in rural areas”. It is being delivered through Advantage West Midlands and the Shropshire Hills AONB LEADER Fund.
