The Upper Beult Farmer Cluster invites you to this climate resilience event to enable discussion around what's impacting farms, particularly in the low weald, and what opportunties are available to find solutions. As this subject is not a small one, we will be joined by several speakers to share their thoughts and projects that could help support your farm.

Speakers include:

Charlie Chantler - Senior Manager, Catchment Sensitive Farming, Natural England

• Context: Global warming, legislative frameworks and international commitments

• Impacts on agriculture

• The role of agriculture in climate change adaptation and mitigation

Megan Harmon - Agricultural Consultant, ADAS

• Climate Farm Demo Project

Andrew Howard, Bockhanger Farms Ltd and Andrew Lingham, Court Farm

• Co-op Carbon Innovation Fund Trial – Year 2

• Own practices on farms – adapting to changing climate

Simon Stoate - Senior Officer, South East Rivers Trust

• Overview of SERT's work in the Beult

• Water resilience opportunities in Maidstone Borough

• Holistic Water for Horticulture

Lunch will be provided so please make sure you email any dietary requirements to: ellen.wilson@kentwildlife.org.uk

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This event will be followed by a webinar on Monday 17th March 2025 at 6pm with Patrick Casement from ARCZero. ARCZero is a farmer-led, project made up of a co-operative of 7 farms across Northern Ireland from a diverse range of enterprises seeking to measure and manage carbon flows at the farm level in order to empower farmers to make positive change towards carbon zero farming. An invite to this will follow shortly.

Upper Beult Farmer Cluster - Climate Resilience Event