LEAF Out & About!
With lockdown easing, it has been an absolute joy to be out and about again over the last few weeks, talking to members face to face, catching up with Demonstration Farmers and friends across the industry. The LEAF flags could be seen flying high at Groundswell and Cereals after such a long hiatus. Here’s a round up… Groundswell Agriculture 2021 The highlight of the event was LEAF’s panel discussion on Wednesday evening, exploring our 30-year journey developing and demonstrating Integrated Farm Management and how this aligns with regenerative agriculture. Our CEO, Caroline Drummond, spoke alongside LEAF Demonstration Farmer Ian Waller, Alastair Leake from GWCT, Resilient and Ready project farmer Andy Bason and LEAF Marque Assurance Manager, Jenny Clark, on our ambitions over the next 10 years. The wealth of experience, drive for continuous improvement and consideration of future opportunities covered in this discussion highlights just how valuable the work of LEAF farmers is in demonstrating and developing IFM as we embark on a new era for agriculture outside the EU as well as in tackling the climate crisis. We were also delighted to unveil our new video powerfully illustrating IFM as a successful regeneration approach. If you haven’t already seen it, do take a look and huge thanks to all the farmers who were involved in its creation – we hope you are as proud of it as we are!
If you missed us, you can watch our panel discussion here
