Dyson Farming Ltd
Organisation type:
Farmer/ Landowner
Contact name:
Alex Olivant
Position/ Role:
Environmental Advisor
email:
Grants interested in applying for:
Lowland Peat Water Discovery Grant, Lowland Peat Water Implementation Grant
Region:
Lincolnshire Fens
Areas of expertise
Carbon accounting/ water management, Environmental monitoring (habitats, water quality), Hydrology, rewetting infrastructure, water management (e.g. tilting weirs, level-control structures), Landscape scale planning (aligned with Defra's Landscape Recovery), Peatland restoration, Scientific research (ecology, soils, modelling, remote sensing, biogeochemistry), Sowing/ growing paludiculture crops/ crop trials/ agronomy for wetland crops
Resources available
Facilities for meetings/ demonstrations, Trial land available, Water-level infrastructure (e.g. weirs, sluices, pumps), Other (please specify in Additional Information below)
Engagement interests
We are completing an application for the discovery grant for ourselves and 7 other land owners. We want this to be an educational experience and are partnering with Univeristy of Lincoln to do some of the research but will require additional support for baselining and forward planning.
We are interested in interested in co-developing methods and supporting farmer engagement as well as offering a site for reasearch and education.
Additional information
We have ~2,500 ha that we are putting into the discovery grant - farming commerically remains the main focus of all involved but with the understanding of improved and better water management.
We have a meeting room - https://dysonfarming.com/the-hive/ - which is avialble for hire and use. We also have a research team and would be open to opprotunities for site trials including opportunities for field demonstrations or workshops.