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Heritage grains and crop innovation for crofters

A Field Lab on Plant teams with the presence of ReMIX partner

Soil Association Scotland is organizing a crofting meeting next June 17th, looking at growing multiple crops together for better outcomes. ReMIX will be represented by Robin Walker, SRUC.

Attendants will: 

  • find out about new research into heritage grains like Bere (an ancient type of Scottish barley) and which species mixtures are particularly suited to the West of Scotland
  • Visit Baleveolan Croft on the Isle of Lismore where Mike Hyatt and Clare Haworth are in their first year of trialling peas and oats and a Uist seed mix
  • Learn about seed sovereignty and food commons
  • Get practical advice on growing and harvesting an intercrop and find out more about trials across Scotland
  • Hear from speakers  Robin Walker (SRUC’s EU-ReMIX project), Peter Martin (Agronomy Institute, Orkney College), Maria Scholten (Seed Sovereignty), Ali Karley (The James Hutton Institute’s EU-DIVERSify project)

You can find out more on: https://bit.ly/2J7Anwc

Modification date : 31 August 2023 | Publication date : 08 May 2019 | Redactor : INI