2025
Elysia Bartel is an entomologist at ADAS with ten years’ experience in farming. Elysia specialises in Integrated Pest Management in horticulture and forestry. Elysia’s research focusses on novel IPM techniques to benefit biodiversity and improve management of crop pests. Elysia is passionate about encouraging natural predators and parasitoids on farms. Prior to working for ADAS, Elysia managed a 50-ha organic vegetable farm, following a Soil Association Future Growers apprenticeship.
Meet ADAS scientists and Farm Wildlife entomologists and learn to recognise some key farmland invertebrates and wild plants. Take a stroll with Daisy Headley and Allison Clarke from Bumblebee Conservation Trust, Rachel Richards from Buglife, and ADAS entomologists Elysia Bartel, Jude Bennison, and plant scientists Douglas Brown and Dr Sarah Cook. Come on the guided […]
Meet ADAS scientists and Farm Wildlife entomologists and learn to recognise some key farmland invertebrates and wild plants. Take a stroll with Daisy Headley and Allison Clarke from Bumblebee Conservation Trust, Rachel Richards from Buglife, and ADAS entomologists Elysia Bartel, Jude Bennison, and plant scientists Douglas Brown and Dr Sarah Cook. Come on the guided […]