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DATES FOR THE DIARY

  • Ditchley Park - An Exploration of Ditchley's Wildlife
    Ditchley Park - An Exploration of Ditchley's Wildlife
    Thu, 16 May
    Charlbury Memorial Hall
    16 May 2024, 18:00 – 20:00
    Charlbury Memorial Hall, Charlbury Corner House and Memorial Hall, Market Street, Charlbury, Chipping Norton OX7 3QW, UK
    16 May 2024, 18:00 – 20:00
    Charlbury Memorial Hall, Charlbury Corner House and Memorial Hall, Market Street, Charlbury, Chipping Norton OX7 3QW, UK
    Come and hear from Ditchley Park Estate’s five wildlife and farming experts on their 10 Year Conservation Plan.
  • Windrush Floodplain Meadows Restoration - Project Findings and Next Steps
    Windrush Floodplain Meadows Restoration - Project Findings and Next Steps
    Thu, 13 Jun
    Asthall Manor Ballroom
    13 Jun 2024, 10:00
    Asthall Manor Ballroom, Unnamed Road, Asthall, Burford OX18, UK
    13 Jun 2024, 10:00
    Asthall Manor Ballroom, Unnamed Road, Asthall, Burford OX18, UK
    After a fantastic collaborative effort by over 30 farms along the Windrush working with floodplain meadows experts, we will present the results of this exciting project to all participants. We'll then discuss next steps for restoring the ancient Windrush floodplain meadows and generate revenue.
  • Workshop: Envisioning the Cotswolds of the future
    Workshop: Envisioning the Cotswolds of the future
    Fri, 14 Jun
    FarmED
    14 Jun 2024, 12:30 – 16:00
    FarmED, Honeydale Farm, Station Rd, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Chipping Norton OX7 6BJ, UK
    14 Jun 2024, 12:30 – 16:00
    FarmED, Honeydale Farm, Station Rd, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Chipping Norton OX7 6BJ, UK
    This workshop is for farmer members only. How will the Cotswolds look in 30 years under landscape recovery? How should they not look? We will discuss and deliberate a vision for the Cotswolds of the future. A professional illustrator will be present to help bring this vision to life on paper.
  • Curlew and Farming Workshop
    Curlew and Farming Workshop
    Wed, 13 Mar
    Terrace Room, Islip Village Hall
    13 Mar 2024, 17:00 – 19:00
    Terrace Room, Islip Village Hall, Church Ln, Islip, Kidlington OX5 2TA, UK
    13 Mar 2024, 17:00 – 19:00
    Terrace Room, Islip Village Hall, Church Ln, Islip, Kidlington OX5 2TA, UK
    The Curlew Recovery Partnership (CRP) is running this workshop to pull together farmers’ experiences, challenges, and opportunities in helping Curlew. This will help inform the development of ELMS actions to pay towards farmers’ conservation work to directly benefit Curlew.
  • NE Cotswold Farmer Cluster AGM
    NE Cotswold Farmer Cluster AGM
    Wed, 13 Mar
    Stow-on-the-Wold and District Rugby Club
    13 Mar 2024, 13:00 – 16:00
    Stow-on-the-Wold and District Rugby Club, Oddington Road, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cheltenham GL54 1JJ, UK
    13 Mar 2024, 13:00 – 16:00
    Stow-on-the-Wold and District Rugby Club, Oddington Road, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cheltenham GL54 1JJ, UK
    What do you want from the Cluster? Do you want to be more involved? An update on the projects, what they mean for you, and plans for the next year. For Cluster members only our Annual General Meeting is the place to delve deeper into the Cluster's projects and strategy.
  • Building Resilience and Diversity in the Cotswold Meat Supply Chain – Stakeholder Event
    Building Resilience and Diversity in the Cotswold Meat Supply Chain – Stakeholder Event
    Mon, 11 Mar
    FarmED
    11 Mar 2024, 14:30 – 17:30
    FarmED, Honeydale Farm, Station Rd, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Chipping Norton OX7 6BJ, UK
    11 Mar 2024, 14:30 – 17:30
    FarmED, Honeydale Farm, Station Rd, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Chipping Norton OX7 6BJ, UK
    The North East Cotswold Farmer Cluster team is working on a number of projects that are seeking to build resilience and diversity in the local meat supply system, and stimulate new enterprise. Join us to hear more and feed in your thinking. 2.30 – 5.30 (arrive for coffee/cake from 2.00).
  • Farmland Birds: Visit to Over Norton Park
    Farmland Birds: Visit to Over Norton Park
    Sat, 02 Mar
    Location is TBD
    02 Mar 2024, 10:30 – 12:00
    Location is TBD
    02 Mar 2024, 10:30 – 12:00
    Location is TBD
    Winter bird feeding in action. Join the Farmland Bird Aid Network volunteers to see the farmland birds at Over Norton Park on 2nd March at 10.30am. This is a good opportunity to see vast numbers of farmland birds in Cluster member Mike Kettlewell’s hedges and birdseed crop.
  • Challenges for Arable Biodiversity Workshop: threats & opportunities
    Challenges for Arable Biodiversity Workshop: threats & opportunities
    Tue, 27 Feb
    Hill Barn Conference Centre
    27 Feb 2024, 09:45 – 28 Feb 2024, 16:30
    Hill Barn Conference Centre, Lower Swell, Cheltenham GL54 1LH, UK
    27 Feb 2024, 09:45 – 28 Feb 2024, 16:30
    Hill Barn Conference Centre, Lower Swell, Cheltenham GL54 1LH, UK
    The biodiversity of arable land throughout Europe is still in decline, despite the efforts of farmers and scientists and the help from agri-environment schemes. A free two-day workshop, hosted by Fir Farm, to investigate some ways forward for our arable wildlife.
  • Six Inches of Soil Screening
    Six Inches of Soil Screening
    Thu, 08 Feb
    FarmED
    08 Feb 2024, 17:45 – 21:30
    FarmED, Station Rd, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Chipping Norton OX7 6BJ, UK
    08 Feb 2024, 17:45 – 21:30
    FarmED, Station Rd, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Chipping Norton OX7 6BJ, UK
    FarmED is screening the brand new inspiring documentary film, Six Inches of Soil.
  • Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership BNG Landowner workshop
    Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership BNG Landowner workshop
    Thu, 25 Jan
    The Oxfordshire Golf Course
    25 Jan 2024, 09:30 – 13:30
    The Oxfordshire Golf Course, Rycote Ln, Milton Common, Thame OX9 2PU, UK
    25 Jan 2024, 09:30 – 13:30
    The Oxfordshire Golf Course, Rycote Ln, Milton Common, Thame OX9 2PU, UK
    What is BNG, and should you consider it for your farm? A workshop hosted in collaboration with the Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership and NFU... including a free lunch!
  • Winter crop grazing for reduced inputs
    Winter crop grazing for reduced inputs
    Wed, 24 Jan
    Dunthrop Farm (///intent.pill.validated)
    24 Jan 2024, 11:00 – 12:30
    Dunthrop Farm (///intent.pill.validated), Dunthrop Rd, Chipping Norton OX7, UK
    24 Jan 2024, 11:00 – 12:30
    Dunthrop Farm (///intent.pill.validated), Dunthrop Rd, Chipping Norton OX7, UK
    Does the traditional technique of grazing on winter crops help reduce inputs without compromising yield? Join the Dunthrop team to find out how their second year is going.
  • Christmas meeting:  CMG regional co-op crop marketing and brewery tour
    Christmas meeting:  CMG regional co-op crop marketing and brewery tour
    Tue, 05 Dec
    Hook Norton Brewery
    05 Dec 2023, 15:00 – 18:00
    Hook Norton Brewery, Brewery Ln, Hook Norton, Banbury OX15 5NY, UK
    05 Dec 2023, 15:00 – 18:00
    Hook Norton Brewery, Brewery Ln, Hook Norton, Banbury OX15 5NY, UK
    Bring in Christmas with a brewery tour and grain markets talk led by CMG (Crop Marketing Group), your local, independent farmer-controlled selling group.
  • SFI surgery with Natural England
    SFI surgery with Natural England
    Wed, 29 Nov
    Bruern Farmshop and Cafe
    29 Nov 2023, 11:00 – 12:30
    Bruern Farmshop and Cafe, Bruern Farms, Chipping Norton OX7 6QE, UK
    29 Nov 2023, 11:00 – 12:30
    Bruern Farmshop and Cafe, Bruern Farms, Chipping Norton OX7 6QE, UK
    Natural England will be on hand to discuss how the Sustainable Farming Incentive would work on your farm.
  • Deer population survey, effective management and venison supply chains
    Deer population survey, effective management and venison supply chains
    Thu, 09 Nov
    Ditchley Estate Office, Henley Knapp Brn
    09 Nov 2023, 10:30 – 12:30
    Ditchley Estate Office, Henley Knapp Brn, Fulwell Trio, Fulwell, Chipping Norton OX7 4EN, UK
    09 Nov 2023, 10:30 – 12:30
    Ditchley Estate Office, Henley Knapp Brn, Fulwell Trio, Fulwell, Chipping Norton OX7 4EN, UK
    Brainstorm meeting for your input into a FiPL grant application for a landscape-scale deer drone survey, stalking and carcass handling support, and routes to market for venison.
  • Farming 2050
    Farming 2050
    Thu, 26 Oct
    FarmED
    26 Oct 2023, 18:30 – 20:30
    FarmED, Station Rd, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Chipping Norton OX7 6BJ, UK
    26 Oct 2023, 18:30 – 20:30
    FarmED, Station Rd, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Chipping Norton OX7 6BJ, UK
    Join us for an evening with Benedict Macdonald and Nick Gates. There will be a screening of Save Our Wild Isles: Hungry for Change, followed by a talk about their vision for the Future of Farming 2050.
  • Floodplain field management brainstorm
    Floodplain field management brainstorm
    Thu, 05 Oct
    Asthall Manor
    05 Oct 2023, 16:00 – 18:30
    Asthall Manor, Asthall Manor, Asthall, Burford OX18 4HW, UK
    05 Oct 2023, 16:00 – 18:30
    Asthall Manor, Asthall Manor, Asthall, Burford OX18 4HW, UK
    From floodplain Meadow restoration and Water Level Management Plans to Water Voles and cattle grazing, join Rosie Pearson at Asthall Manor to discuss options for managing parcels in this historic Windrush floodplain.
  • BNG surgery
    BNG surgery
    Thu, 14 Sept
    Bruern Farmshop and cafe
    14 Sept 2023, 16:00 – 18:00
    Bruern Farmshop and cafe, Bruern Farms, Chipping Norton OX7 6QE, UK
    14 Sept 2023, 16:00 – 18:00
    Bruern Farmshop and cafe, Bruern Farms, Chipping Norton OX7 6QE, UK
    Is BNG really worth £650,000/ha??? This will be a meeting of minds to discuss what we know we know, and what we know we don't know, in readiness for Biodiversity Net Gain to apply to new developments from November 2023.
  • Pastured Pigs & Poultry Farm Walk
    Pastured Pigs & Poultry Farm Walk
    Fri, 04 Aug
    Fulready
    04 Aug 2023, 10:00 – 14:00
    Fulready, CV377PE, Fulready, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7PE, UK
    04 Aug 2023, 10:00 – 14:00
    Fulready, CV377PE, Fulready, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7PE, UK
    A Pasture for Life event at Paddock Farm in Warwickshire to learn about how Nick and Jon Francis have built a diversified and sustainable farm business whilst reducing their reliance on soya.
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