Sustainable Harborough Community
Your invitation to The Farm Coming to Harborough Saturday 9 August.
Living in a rural area & listening to Farming Today Catch Up on BBC Sounds has made me aware of the needs of our farmers and the challenges they face. Hence the idea for an event called The Farm Comes to Harborough in Harborough Town Square.
Its purpose is to help us understand why more of our local farmers are changing their practices. This is due to new weather patterns and serious loss of biodiversity. Producing better quality soil and crops, naturally, with healthier animals, means more climate resilience and better-quality food for us. The Waste Initiatives Team from Leicestershire County Council will talk about money saving food waste prevention at home. With an inspirational farm college lecturer from Brooksby College, some people may even consider a new career in farming, whatever their age.
Two calm Highland cows, a sheep and lambs and three small tractors plus five farmers including an agro-ecology professor, will help us. An allotment holder will be explaining no dig gardening and the great benefits of composting for our own gardening practices, to improve soil quality, and help save insects and bees, increasing the number of birds and improving biodiversity. Beekeepers are coming too. Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust will be helping the children with fun activities.
Harborough Woodland will model their vital work helping to reduce flooding on farms.
Challenged by unfair supermarket practices and prices, increased criminal activity, and many other stressors, hopefully the Rural Crime team and the Farming Community Network will show how they help farmers facing these situations.
This exciting event is free. We hope you come and see.
Julie Fagan, volunteer, Harborough Climate Action and Eco Church
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