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Download PDF Taking the long-term view has not only ensured a profitable and sustainable future for a Cotswold farm, but made it carbon positive. CPM visits for a closer look. This is a soil that’ll hold on to its carbon. By Tom Allen-Stevens The term ‘Climate Change Champion’ doesn’t sit right with Hamish Campbell. “My idea of sustainability is to make it work as a business,” he says. “I look after the soil, but the overriding aim is to have a farm business that’s still here in 20 years’ time. So for me this isn’t about championing climate change, but about identifying end market opportunities and adding value.” Whether by luck or by design, these business practices appear to be delivering for Net Zero, too. Hamish has been assessing his carbon footprint with the help of Velcourt agronomist Kieran Walsh, using the Farm Carbon Toolkit. Initial calculations suggest the business, RA Campbell and Partners, based at Upper Swell in the Cotswolds, is actually carbon positive – sequestering more greenhouse gases than it emits – and that’s largely down to how Hamish has been managing his soils. “The farm’s soil organic matter (SOM) has increased on average by 0.6% in 6…
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