Helen Chesshire
2024
Helen is the lead farming and agroforestry advocate for the Woodland Trust, responsible for working with the farming sector and policy makers to promote the benefits of trees on farms. Otherwise known as agroforestry, the deliberate integration of trees within agricultural crops and livestock is a win –win for food production and the natural environment. Helen leads the Trust’s involvement in several partnership projects delivering agroforestry across the UK. Helen grew up on a mixed livestock farm in the Midlands.
My Sessions
Beneficial Role of Trees in Sheep Farms
Join Phil Stocker, Chief Executive of the National Sheep Association (NSA), Helen Chesshire, Lead Farming Advocate at the Woodland Trust, and Mike Adams, sheep farmer and recent agroforestry adopter for a lively discussion on the complimentary role of trees in sheep farming. Building on the joint NSA and WT report produced in 2018, hear how […]