Category: Carbon & Climate

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Biodiversity
Zoe Shuttleworth

Northwoods Rewilding Network

Carbeth Home Farm and neighbouring Little Drumquharn have joined Northwoods – a network created by Scotland the Big Picture to support and facilitate small scale rewilding and ecological restoration projects in Scotland.

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Carbon & Climate
Zoe Shuttleworth

All the Fun Guys

Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that support and sustain nearly all living systems. The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. 

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Biodiversity
Zoe Shuttleworth

What do we want? Dung beetles!

An unlikely rallying call perhaps, but in the realm of soil health, this particular group of insects can provide profound benefits, including improving soil structure and fertility, reducing the parasitic burden in livestock, and increasing carbon sequestration.

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Carbon & Climate
Zoe Shuttleworth

Objective – Increase carbon sequestration

Certain changes to the management of some of the land at Carbeth have the potential to simultaneously reduce the carbon emissions associated with the sheep, improve their welfare, increase carbon sequestration, and support greater biodiversity.

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Carbeth Home Farm
Biodiversity
Zoe Shuttleworth

A Project of its Time

We believe our small farm can generate income and employment, can make a contribution, however small, to reversing climate change and species loss, and could improve the physical and mental wellbeing of many people.

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