John Pawsey
2024
John Pawsey converted his farm at Shimpling to organic production in 1999 for business reasons as well as concerns about soil health and decline in farmland wildlife species. John Has managed to halt and in some cases reverse wildlife decline, improve soil health and keep the farm profitable since that initial conversion. Since then John has increased his organically farmed area from 650 hectares to 1,760 delivering similar results to neighbouring farmers.
My Sessions
Return of the Golden Hoof
When people talk about bringing grassland and sheep back onto arable land, you often hear older generation shepherds use the phrase ‘the golden hoof’. It used to be commonplace for sheep to be considered useful on arable farms. Fast forward to now, and specialist arable and cropping farmers are recognising the need to improve soil […]
Regen at Landscape Scale – Partnerships, Opportunities & Pitfalls
This session will be helping delegates to understand how working across a whole landscape or catchment can work – looking at some of the existing programmes in the Wildlife Trust Federation such as Wilder Marches across 4 counties and 2 countries and with many partners. They will hear from farmers and practitioners on what works, […]