Wed, 15 Mar
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Dunthrop Farm Walk
Integrated livestock, woodland and agroforestry are being built into the systems at Dunthrop. Hear about these early stage projects, baselines for natural capital markets, Landscape Recovery, our NEIRF project on finance for natural capital projects, and an update as an ELMs SFI pilot farm.

Time & Location
15 Mar, 10:00 – 14:00
Dunthrop Farm (///intent.pill.validated), Dunthrop Farm, Dunthrop Rd, Heythrop, Chipping Norton OX7 5TJ, UK
About the Event
Tim Coates and the team at Dunthrop Farms are stacking enterprises on multiple fronts:
- A new flock of sheep have been grazing winter oil seed rape and barley
- Private finance funded woodland creation
- Agroforestry scheme development
- Extensive carbon and biodiversity baselining for natural capital markets
- Update as an ELMs SFI pilot farm
- A game lardering and process facility in the pipeline
We will take the opportunity to update on the latest projects underway with the Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund (NEIRF - a collaboration between Oxbury Bank, Rothamsted Research and the NECFC) and the Landscape Recovery pilot project development.
Tony Juniper (Chairman of Natural England) shall be giving a keynote speech, followed by an excellent line up of experts to support discussion on Natural Capital and Landscape Recovery including
- Dr Jon Storkey, Agroecologist, Rothamsted
- Dr Dave Gasca, Hydrologist, Atkins
- Niel Nicholson, Nicholson's
- Ellen Fake, Natural England Farm Advisor lead on our Landscape Recovery project
- Toby Kellie, Agronomist, Hutchinsons