The Dartington Hall Trust has co-signed an open letter to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs requesting a review of the government’s position on the use of agroforestry methods in England.
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Category: Latest news and blogs
Food and Farming blog: Rediscovering the secrets of Queen’s Marsh
Harriet takes a fascinating look through the archives, in an effort to understand the history of Queen's Marsh - an exercise that will help guide Dartington's potential restoration of the site.
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Tomorrow’s social entrepreneurs graduate from Dartington
Eighteen social entrepreneurs have just finished a year of intensive social business start-up training at Dartington. Meet some of them here...
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Huxhams Cross Community Farm gets off the ground
The new Huxham’s Cross Farm in Dartington, the stunning result of a community share offer from the Biodynamic Land Trust (BDLT), will have a public launch on Saturday 10 October (4pm) at Dartington Village Hall.
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Food and Farming blog: How best to keep Peek sheep?
In her latest blog, Harriet explains how new footpaths around the fields at Peek Plantation are helping preserve much-used thoroughfares, while protecting the sheep of the young tenant farmer.
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Action to protect trees, organic crops and biodiversity
How upcoming management of grey squirrels and rabbits on the Dartington estate aims to help our tenants make a living out of small-scale farming.
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