Growing ecosystem services around farming
July 18th, 2014 10:00 AM
This British Ecological Society Agricultural Ecology SIG symposium will consider a range of ecosystem services, such as pollinators and the soil microbial community. Speakers will address how on-farm biodiversity can be achieved through the use of agri-environment schemes and new resources designed to promote healthy ecosystem service provision. In the afternoon there will be field-based talks by industry stakeholders using demonstrations of commercially available resources for ecosystem services on the NIAB Innovation Farm site.
Draft programme
10.00-10.15 ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION
10.15-10.20 Welcome and Introduction to NIAB Innovation Farm
Dr Lydia Smith; Head of NIAB Innovation farm, NIAB
10.20-10.45 Using agri-environment schemes to enhance pollination services
Dr Lynn Dicks; Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
10.45-11.10 What if the world ran out of soil?
Prof. John Crawford; Head; Sustainable Systems Research, Rothamsted Research
11.10-11.30 REFRESHMENTS
11.30-11.55 On farm biodiversity can be achieved
Mr Marek Nowakowski; CEO; Wildlife Farming Company, Oxfordshire
11.55-12.20 The road less travelled from'ecological services' to agronomic practice
Dr Pietro Iannetta; Molecular Ecologist, The James Hutton Institute
12.20-12.30 GutterGrow vertical allotment
Mike Anstey; Sustainable Opportunities Ltd
12.30-12.55 Food and thriving people: Paradigm shifts for fair and sustainable food systems
Dr Geoff Tansey; Writer and consultant; fair healthy and sustainable food systems
13.15-14.00 NETWORKING AND LUNCH
14.00-16.00 TOUR OF THE NIAB INNOVATION FARM FIELD AND GLASSHOUSES
Focusing on the range of resources that are being designed to provide food
and habitats for birds and pollinating insects and increasing biodiversity on farm
GutterGrow vertical allotment
Mike Anstey; Sustainable Opportunities Ltd
Pollinator mixtures
Barbara Smith; Game and Wildlife ConservationTrust
Margin mixes for biocontrol and biodiversity
Rothamsted Research
Supplying farmers
Paul Totterdell; Cotswold Seeds
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