Botanical results The semi-natural pastures selected are key examples of important biodiverse habitats in the UK which have been produced and sustained.

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Botanical results The semi-natural pastures selected are key examples of important biodiverse habitats in the UK which have been produced and sustained in a delicate balance with agricultural practices. In recent decades significant amounts of biodiversity loss has occurred on these and other semi-natural pastures as agricultural practices (and subsidy patterns) have changed. (a quarter of heathlands were lost in England, Wales and Scotland between 1947 and 1980). Botanical data collected demonstrates that grazing management is producing pastures of high botanical quality Heathery dominated vegetation exhibits three predominant community types: i) Calluna vulgaris, Galium saxatile, Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus, Agrostis stolonifera, Deschampsia flexuosa, Vaccinium myrtillus dominant (NVC H10 Calluna vulgaris - Erica cinerea heath). ii) Trichophorum cespitosum, Erica tetralix, V. myrtillus, Sphagnum capillifolium, Narthesium ossifragrum dominant (NVC M15 Trichophorum cespitosum - Erica tetralix wet heath). Iii) V. myrtillus, D. flexuosa, Polytrichum commune, G. saxatile, Potentilla erecta dominant (NVC H18 Vaccinium myrtillus - Deschampsia flexuosa heath). Moorland dominated vegetation with two predominant community types: i) Eriophorum vaginatum, D. flexuosa, C. vulgaris, V. myrtillus, Rubus chamaemorus, S. capillifolium, Empetrum nigrum, G. saxatile dominant (NVC M19b Calluna vulgaris - Eriophorum vaginatum blanket mire, Empetrum nigrum sub- community) ii) R. squarrosus, N. stricta, G. saxatile, Luzula multiflora, Agrostis vinealis, D. flexuosa, F. ovina, V. myrtillus, P. erecta dominant (NVC U5 Nardus stricta - Galium saxatile grassland) Eating Biodiversity: an investigation of the links between quality food production and biodiversity protection Farm practices and land use management All the quality lamb production systems (QLPS) studied have been set up within the last 7 years motivated by; fall in agricultural incomes, 2001 FMD outbreak, business opportunities for local, quality food products, Integrating farming and nature conservation. Size of enterprises ranges from small part-time businesses to sustainable businesses with on-farm meat processing plants. All sell lamb at added value, supported by claims of highest product quality. Specific claims are made about links between the biodiverse pastures and the quality of the finished product. Increased profits have ‘made a difference’ to farm business sustainability. The QLPS are often part of wider farm business matrix including farm based tourism, game shooting, and geared in complex ways with nature conservation designations such as SSSIs, National Parks, ESAs, CSS. A range of retail strategies are employed (box sales, farm gate, farmers markets). Location (e.g. proximity to urban centres) affects this. Set up costs, branding, retailing and are major hurdles. Some farms changing production practices (changing to breeds more appropriate to grazing these pastures, reducing stock numbers to maintain pasture biodiversity) – others are recognising the potential added-value in existing production practices. Pastures and their biodiversity now being sustained through new production practices Project Objective By examining selected examples of specific food production chains that fully integrate biodiversity as an explicit means of generating distinctiveness and adding value, this research project offers an inter-disciplinary perspective by positioning biodiversity and environmental quality as an integral 'input' to, and component of, food quality. The research is investigating, through the combining of social and natural science, the extent to which environmental distinctiveness and quality (specifically the biodiversity of grasslands) in UK food production sites can be actively ‘valorised’ through the food product chain to ensure the protection, maintenance and enhancement of that natural distinctiveness and quality but also to achieve similarly distinctive quality food products and the socio-economic benefits for producers and rural communities that might accrue from their production Meat quality: Health Lamb produced on both “heathery” and “heathland” pastures was found to contain high levels of omega 3-polyunsaturated fatty acids and Vitamin E which are both considered to be important components of the human diet and presently too low according to nutritionists. Lipid oxidation, which causes rancid flavours at a high level, was at the low end of the scale, perhaps due to the high antioxidant (Vitamin E) concentrations in grazing lambs. Meat quality: Taste Testing at Bristol of grilled loin chops from sample lambs by a trained taste produced results which showed higher ‘liking scores’ to the control samples. 1 Department of Geography (and CRR), Amory, Rennes Drive, University of Exeter, Devon, EX4 4RJ. * 2 Division of Farm Animal Science, Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford, North Somerset, BS40 5DU 3 Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, North Wyke Research Station, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 2SB 4 CCRU, University of Gloucestershire, Dunholme Villa, Park Campus, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 2RH Omega-3- fatty acids PastureC18:3 (%) C20:5 (%) C22:6 (%) Vitamin E (mg/kg) Heathery1.67 ± ± ± ± 0.47 Moorland1.66 ± ± ± ± 1.00 Controls1.37 ± ± ± ± 0.95 Lamb flavourOverall liking Heather Moorland Controls H. Buller 1 *, C. Morris 1, O. Jones 1, J. D. Wood 2, F. M. Whittington 2, A. Hopkins 3, R. M. Dunn 3 and J. Kirwan 4 Phase 1 Research (Jan 05-Jan 06) Quality Lamb Production on Biodiverse Pasture In order to trace the relationship between biodiverse pasture maintenance, agricultural practice and food quality, the lamb-meat food chain was examined from ‘pasture to plate’. Sample farms, where stock are grazed on salt marshes, heathlands and heather moorlands (all significant natural landscapes) were investigated. Botanical surveys were undertaken, farm management practices and farm businesses were studied (and their relationship to nature conservation prerogatives) and meat samples analysed (against a control) for factors affecting rmeat quality, including health, taste and shelf-life.