The Landworkers’ Alliance is a union of farmers, growers, foresters and land-based workers.

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Chwefror 8 @ 19:00
19:00 — 21:00 (2h)

Scotland

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Soil health for growers

Soil expert Audrey Litterick (Earthcare Technical) will offer an introduction to the key principles of soil health for horticulture. Then we’ll hear from market gardeners and small-scale farmers in Scotland about their practical experience and approaches to soil health.

The session will cover:

  • How and why to measure soil health
  • Ways to destroy soil health – what not to do!
  • Ways to improve and maintain soil health, including no-dig methods, green manures and composting

This interactive online workshop will offer space for questions and small group discussion, so participants have a chance to share knowledge and build their networks.

It is open to market gardeners, farmers, crofters and new entrants living in Scotland, working the land at any scale.

About our speaker:

Audrey Litterick is a practical soils and horticulture specialist with a strong science background gained at both SAC and Aberdeen University. She helps clients develop and optimise quality products and by-products such as composts and anaerobic digestates. She also works with farmers and other land managers to ensure the safe, effective use of composts, digestates, animal manures and a range of organic wastes, by-products and products on farmland and in the restoration of land degraded through opencast mining. Key interests lie in the practical measurement of soil health and the development of methods to maintain and improve the health of soils. She has written and contributed to several guidance documents on the use of fertilisers and organic materials in crofting and small-scale horticulture, field-scale agriculture and horticulture and in the restoration of brownfield land. She is passionate about helping to provide people with the knowledge and skills to grow top quality produce for local supply.

This event is part of the LWA’s horticulture workshop series which aims to empower growers in Scotland to share knowledge and skills that support a transition to agroecology.

Chwefror 8 @ 19:00
19:00 — 21:00 (2h)

Scotland

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