2800 Acres To Be Rewilded

[Lazy Sod]

Lower Pertwood Farm near Warminster, a 2800 acre downland arable, sheep, and cattle unit is to be all reverted back to grassland, with trees planted and lightly grazed with cattle, sheep, horses and pigs. I can't do links, but perhaps somebody will, just google 'Lower Pertwood Farm rewilding' There's loads of info there including a link to a video.

 

[M-J-G]

And they give yet more power over to other countries, well done (not so) Great Britain.

 

[serf]

‘Enormously exciting’: farm to create biggest natural grassland in southern England

Lower Pertwood in Wiltshire aims to restore declining plants, insects and endangered species

www.theguardian.com

 

[jondear]

Our landlord on some of the land is planting trees big style !

 

[Swarfmonkey]

£300,000 a year for ten years whilst they do the minimum amount of farming they can get away with in order to make sure that the taxman won't wallop them when the farm is handed down. Taxpayers being taken for mugs, yet again.

 

[Kidds]

Seems like a good idea to me.

 

[An Gof]

2800 acres of arable and they turned in a loss of £1k over two years
Must be p*** poor farmers

 

[serf]

2800 acres of arable and they turned in a loss of £1k over two years
Must be p*** poor farmers

It's Globull Warmings fault

 

[An Gof]

It's Globull Warmings fault

More like

 

[serf]

2800 acres of arable and they turned in a loss of £1k over two years
Must be p*** poor farmers

They must be the Third generation...

One to sow it
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[soapsud]

Somewhere in the area it is common kowledge there are oak copses that truffle hunters visit most autumns.
That may change if the pigs get there first.

 

[soapsud]

Lower Pertwood Farm near Warminster, a 2800 acre downland arable, sheep, and cattle unit is to be all reverted back to grassland, with trees planted and lightly grazed with cattle, sheep, horses and pigs. I can't do links, but perhaps somebody will, just google 'Lower Pertwood Farm rewilding' There's loads of info there including a link to a video.

didn't a city boy just buy it a year or two back?

 

[robs1]

Is that the organic one ? Been by many times, while it's sad to see farming stop we have to remember that farming is a business just like any other and if it pays more to take up these schemes then so be it. In a few years they will be getting large amounts to rip it all out again.
If Tesco's were paid more to plant trees or have solar panels and not sell food they would grasp it without a second thought

 

[Lazy Sod]

The third generation of the previous owning family changed it over to organic, then sold it about 20 years ago to Wilfred Mole, a South African based british multi milionair busnessman. When he acquired the farm, it was less than 2000 acres but he has bought adjoining land as it became available. Google 'Sandstone Estates' and you will find out about his South African property. He has a full size steam railway there which they use for transporting their produce.

 

[David.]

2800 acres of arable and they turned in a loss of £1k over two years
Must be p*** poor farmers

The same could be said for Knepp.
if I inherited 3500ac and couldn't make it pay, I'd be fairly ashamed of myself.

 

[SilliamWhale]

I don't have a major problem with it. Be interested to see what they develop and how they manage to sustain it without public money.

People like Benedict McDonald aren't out and out hysterics like Monbiot

 

[Bald Rick]

Rewilding or this …

Anglesey: Solar farm plans described as frightening

They would be built across three sites, producing enough energy to power more than 130,000 homes.

www.bbc.co.uk

Over 3000 acres of solar panels proposed on the Sainted Isle. So big that the planning decision is taken away from the Council and indeed Welsh government and decided in Westminster

I know that Anglesey gets promoted as the “Energy Island” but this is taking the p!ss

 

[Top Tip.]

Rewilding has been going on in the Scottish Highlands for years.Tens of thousands of acres but they are now realising that without livestock all they are doing is creating an environmental desert. The more forward thinking ones are now starting to reintroduce cattle and honestly you would think it was a brand new idea. A friend of mine is taking full advantage and the area where he has his cows is the only area to see an increase in biodiversity and bird life.

 

[gmgmgm]

Is it really that easy to turn over the acres to "wood pasture" and see the guaranteed £300k come in annually?

 

[Ceri]

Bloody hell this farmings gonna be good for those left in it
I love it when I hear of land being rewilded… Let the good times roll……