Paludiculture community Workshop 2024
10- 12 January 2024
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Day 1
Getting to know the place and people
Exploring issues and opportunities for lowland peat: NW England
Jonathan Lageard, MMU
Improvement? drainage and conflict
Nye Merrill-Glover, University of Bristol
Sarah Johnson, Lancs WT
Who’s who in paludiculture? Five minute introductions
Exploring the Lowland Peatland Management Discussion in Northwest England. Zoe Lipkens, University of Leicester
OPENPeat. Lauryn McLoughlin, MMU
Growing opportunities by sharing knowledge in Paludiculture. Megan Hudson - Fenland Soil
Rindle wetter farming feasibility. Mike Longden, Lancs WT
The Winmarleigh carbon farm. Mike Longden, Lancs WT
Green Restoration Ireland. Douglas McMillan
Wetter farming and hydrology in the Alt Crossens Catchment. Mike Longden, Lancs WT
Beadamoss- sustainable innovation. Jonathan Lydiard Wilson, Beadamoss
Drone RePeat. Aleks Kowalski, SEAD Artists
Low Impact Willow Growing. Coates
Taking Typha to scale on the Somerset Levels and Moors. FWAG SW
Typha to Biomaterials. Ponda
Boggy bulrushes to BioPuff. Mike Longden, Lancs WT
Van Hall Larenstein (VHL) – University of Applied Sciences the Netherlands. Marelle van der Snoek
Fibre Broads. Andrea Kelly, Broads National Park
Paludiculture Opportunities at Vitagrass Farms (Holker) Ltd. David Harvey, Vitagrass Farms (Holker) Ltd
Paludiculture Innovation Project (PIP). Julia Casperd, HAU
GHG removal through ‘paludiculture’ opportunities on agricultural lowland peat. Jenny Rhymes, UKCEH
Overcoming Financial Barriers for Paludiculture with Biochar Integration. Jenny Rhymes UKCEH
The role of ADAS in the PEF projects. Kat Evans, ADAS
Day 2
Tom Hunt, NCEA
Peatland Code and Paludiculture - update and call for evidence
Ed Salter
Making the finances work for paludiculture
Green Finance
Paul Leadbitter, North Pennines AONB
Pricing and feasibility for landowners
Kosta Tzoulas, MMU
Developing markets for paludiculture products – learning from other sectors
Bhav Patel & Shan Dulanty, Manufacturing Technology Centre
Growing opportunities - learning from reed and sedge
Richard Starling, BRASCA
Workshop - Breaking barriers, building consensus
Nick Simmonds, Hidden Solutions
Day 3
Linking Paludiculture and bio-based construction – overcoming the challenges
Aldert van Weeren, Wetland Products Ltd
Workshop 1
1. Map the transition to wetter farming in terms of the permissions, consents and regulatory hoops that might arise.
3. Farmer engagement – sharing best practice
Workshop 2
1. Water for wetter farming – can we get it just right, or will there always be too much or too little
2. What determines land use suitability for paludiculture – agreeing a framework for use at local and regional scales