Webinar - Introduction to Agroforestry with Edd Colbert

Led by Edd Colbert, explore how integrating trees across the farm can benefit productivity, animal health and welfare, the environment and provide an alternative income stream helping with farm business resilience. Also learn about the practicalities and considerations when designing your own agroforestry system.

After attending this workshop participants can expect to be able to:

• Distinguish between different agroforestry systems and practices
• Understand the benefits of agroforestry to different farming types
• Appreciate the value of an objectives-led design process for agroforestry
• Consider important factors for agroforestry design

This workshop is directed at farmers, growers, landworkers, agricultural advisors, land agents, and students interested in agroforestry.

19:00 - Welcome (Rhys Evans NFFN)

19:05 - Introduction to Agroforestry (Edd Colbert)

19:35 - Farmer perspective (Jack Cockburn, Treberfedd Farm)

19:45 - Farmer perspective (Matt Swarbrick, Henbant Farm)

19:55 - WG Agroforestry support

20:05 - Q&A

20:30 - Closing remarks and thank you


Edd Colbert works with farmers, landowners, and tree professionals to design and implement effective agroforestry systems.  He delivers training on agroforestry design and plays an active role in supporting the UK’s agroforestry movement. He was the lead organiser of the UK’s first Agroforestry Show in 2023 and is a trusted partner to many organisations in the farming and forestry sectors. 

Jack Cockburn runs a successful organic farm in Ceredigion, West Wales, centred on maximising the natural assets of the landscape, adopting innovative management approaches and connecting with the public to improve awareness of where quality food comes from.

Matt Swarbrick farms using permaculture, agroecology and holistic management which results in a very multi-layered, mixed approach to running the family's 80-acre farm, Henbant, in North West Wales. He believes that farming with nature can result in farms which produce real food and financial profit whilst also building biodiversity, soil and social capital.  He thinks it is essential that eating is not seen as a necessarily ecologically negative act and that humans value their role in positively designed, regenerative ecosystems that enhance our world for both humans and nature. 

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This event has been made possible with thanks to Coed Cadw, the Woodland Trust in Wales, with support from Players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

You can find here more information on how Coed Cadw can support Welsh farmers and landowners.

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Dan arweiniad Edd Colbert, dysgwch sut y gall integreiddio coed ar draws y fferm fod o fudd i gynhyrchiant, iechyd a lles anifeiliaid, yr amgylchedd a darparu ffrwd incwm amgen gan helpu gyda gwydnwch busnes fferm. Dysgwch hefyd am yr ymarferoldeb a'r ystyriaethau wrth ddylunio eich system amaeth-goedwigaeth eich hun.

Ar ôl mynychu’r gweithdy hwn gall byddwch yn gyfarwydd â’r canlynol:

• Y gwahaniaeth rhwng gwahanol systemau ac arferion amaeth-goedwigaeth
• Deall manteision amaeth-goedwigaeth i wahanol fathau o ffermio
• Gwerthfawrogi gwerth proses dylunio sy'n cael ei harwain gan amcanion ar gyfer amaeth-goedwigaeth
• Ystyried ffactorau pwysig ar gyfer dylunio amaeth-goedwigaeth

Mae'r gweithdy hwn wedi'i anelu at ffermwyr, tyfwyr, gweithwyr tir, cynghorwyr amaethyddol, asiantau tir, a myfyrwyr sydd â diddordeb mewn amaeth-goedwigaeth.

19:00 - Croeso (Rhys Evans NFFN)

19:05 - Cyflwyniad i Amaethgoedwigaeth (Edd Colbert)

19:35 - Profiadau ffermwyr (Jack Cockburn, Fferm Treberfedd)

19:45 - Profiadau ffermwyr (Matt Swarbrick, Fferm Henbant)

19:55 - Cefnogaeth amaethgoedwigaeth LLC

20:05 - Q&A

20:30 - Diolchiadau

Mae Edd Colbert yn gweithio gyda ffermwyr, tirfeddianwyr, a gweithwyr coed proffesiynol i ddylunio a gweithredu systemau amaethgoedwigaeth effeithiol.  Mae'n darparu hyfforddiant ar ddylunio amaethgoedwigaeth ac yn chwarae rhan weithredol wrth gefnogi mudiad amaethgoedwigaeth y DU. Ef oedd prif drefnydd Sioe Amaethgoedwigaeth gyntaf y DU yn 2023 ac mae'n bartner dibynadwy i lawer o sefydliadau yn y sectorau ffermio a choedwigaeth.

Mae Jack Cockburn yn rhedeg fferm organig lwyddiannus yng Ngheredigion, Gorllewin Cymru, sy'n canolbwyntio ar wneud y mwyaf o asedau naturiol y dirwedd, mabwysiadu dulliau rheoli arloesol a chysylltu â'r cyhoedd i wella ymwybyddiaeth o ble mae bwyd o safon yn dod.

Mae Matt Swarbrick yn ffermio gan ddefnyddio dulliau paramaethu, agroecoleg a rheolaeth gyfannol sy'n arwain at ffermiol cymysg, aml-haenog iawn o redeg fferm 80 erw'r teulu, Henbant, yng Ngogledd Orllewin Cymru. Mae'n credu y gall ffermio gyda natur arwain at ffermydd sy'n cynhyrchu bwyd go iawn ac elw ariannol wrth hefyd adeiladu bioamrywiaeth, pridd a chyfalaf cymdeithasol. Mae'n credu ei bod yn hanfodol nad yw bwyta'n cael ei weld fel gweithred ecolegol negyddol o reidrwydd a bod pobl yn gwerthfawrogi eu rôl mewn ecosystemau adfywiol sydd wedi'u cynllunio'n gadarnhaol sy'n gwella ein byd i fodau dynol a natur.

Ymunwch â'r Rhwydwaith Ffermio er Lles Natur fel aelod am ddim i fod y cyntaf i glywed am ddigwyddiadau eraill yn y gyfres.

Mae'r digwyddiad hwn wedi bod yn bosibl diolch i Coed Cadw, the Woodland Trust in Wales, gyda chefnogaeth gan chwaraewyr o People’s Postcode Lottery.

Gallwch ddod o hyd i ragor o wybodaeth yma am sut y gall Coed Cadw gefnogi ffermwyr a thirfeddianwyr Cymru.