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Engaging schools with food and farming in Pembrokeshire
Jane Powell FACE Cymru
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In partnership with…
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Mapping local food
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Meeting farmers
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Farm visits
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Impacts of farming: balancing food production with nature
Habitat and biodiversity Carbon and climate change Nitrates
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Carbon: keep it in the ground
Building up soil carbon Woodland Hedgerows Grass No-till Composting Maintaining soil carbon Crop rotations
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Nitrogen – keeping an eye on nitrates
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Nitrate pollution of waterways
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Nitrate Vulnerable Zones
NVZ plans 'will hit Pembrokeshire food output’ Jeffrey and Elinor Evans say the reality of an NVZ would be fewer cows on their Pembrokeshire holding. Western Telegraph, 13 October 2016
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Nitrate trading? Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) would allow farmers to be paid for reducing their nitrate output and protect Milford Haven EU-funded project involving Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum Will include schools work from 2018
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Field work Carbon Composting – different mixes of greens and browns, temperature and volume changes looking at humus on woodland floor and in soils Role of earthworms in decomposition Nitrates Nodules on clover and other legumes Composting – greens are high in N
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Clover nodules
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