Claire Whittle
2024
Claire is a farm veterinary surgeon offering consultancy to regenerative farming businesses. She completed a postgraduate certificate in conservation medicine which consolidated her interest in the principles of ecosystem health on farms. She was awarded a 2021 Nuffield Scholarship studying the benefits of regenerative agriculture on animal health and welfare.
My Sessions
Dung Beetle Safari
Sally-Ann Spence
Claire Whittle
James Allen
Bruce Thompson
Join us on a tour of dung pats hunting for dung beetles. Dung beetles are vitally important insects improving the quality and structure of soil, cleaning pastures, reduce parasite burdens in livestock and providing a variety of other crucial services. Changes to agricultural practices and intensification have had significant impacts on them; particularly wormer use […]
Dung Beetle Safari
Sally-Ann Spence
Claire Whittle
James Allen
Bruce Thompson
Join us on a tour of dung pats hunting for dung beetles. Dung beetles are vitally important insects improving the quality and structure of soil, cleaning pastures, reduce parasite burdens in livestock and providing a variety of other crucial services. Changes to agricultural practices and intensification have had significant impacts on them; particularly wormer use […]
Future Proofing Dairy Farms Through Landscape Design
James Robinson
Claire Whittle
Dr. Lindsay Whistance
Peter Leeson
How are dairy farms currently coping with extreme weather events? From heat stress in livestock, to drought and flooding, what can we do to improve farm resilience in a future where extremes become the new normal? This session demonstrates how designing farmed landscapes can help deliver for livestock, their health and welfare, the wider environment […]