Green Breakfast in Herefordshire, focusing on UELS
Guest Speaker - Mervyn Edwards, National Uplands ELS Specialist (Natural England).
By kind permission of Mr and Mrs Colin Cooke,
The Vestry, Kington, Herefordshire.
To book your place please email Sally Powell
at sally.powell@naturalengland.org.uk
Agenda:-
8.15 am - Full English Breakfast
- served on farm, in a traditional building, so please bring warm clothing.
9.00 am - The Position So Far
- Steve Bellingham (Delivery lead Agri-environment in the West Midlands)
Update on West Midlands budget after the CSR
- Wendy Jones (Senior Project Manager in the Natural England Farm Advice Unit)
ELS, UELS & HLS uptake in the West Midlands
10.00 am - Uplands Entry Level Stewardship in detail
- Mervyn Edwards will provide background on the development of UELS,
& what we are looking for in a UELS agreement.
11.00 am - Tea and Coffee
11.15 am - Practical walk around the farm
- Looking at UELS options:-
grassland and hedgerow management, resource protection.
- Julie Button (Natural England local team member) will be providing a
background to the farm, enterprises and present options on the holding.
12.30 pm - Back to the building for Tea and Coffee
We will be walking around the farm, so please bring suitable wet weather gear, wellingtons/boots and waterproofs. In addition please bring a third edition ELS handbook which includes the Uplands ELS supplements.
