farm, food & countryside

You may not have

heard of Integrated

Farming but you will

probably have

benefited from it.

The Quiet Revolution

In the last twenty years thousands

LEAF (Linking Environment and

· Using crop rotations to keep the

of British farmers have adopted a

Farming) is the flagship body that

soil in good heart

new philosophy called Integrated

has lead this quiet revolution of

· Carefully managing hedgerows to

Farming. Integrated Farming

Integrated Farming in Britain.

provide a variety of habitats and

produces crops and rears livestock

To learn more about LEAF and

food sources for wildlife

in an environmentally responsible

LEAF farmers go to www.leafuk.org

· Using natural plant nutrients on

way. It brings benefits to farmers

the farm and supplementing them

and consumers by looking at the

Look out for the LEAF marque

with fertilisers to balance the

whole farm rather than just

needs of the crop.

individual crops or animals. The

best of traditional farming methods

· Leaving buffer strips as `wildlife

are combined with the best of

corridors' between crops

modern technology.

and nearby

watercourses

Integrated Farming offers the

· Recycling on-farm

consumer food that is wholesome,

waste and

plus the reassurance that it has

conserving energy.

been produced in harmony with

· Assessing the

the environment. All this along with

environmental

food supplied at an affordable

impact of farming

price.

practices

Integrated Farming is all about good

· Continually improving

husbandry. It is a `common sense'

farming practices and farm

approach to farming and involves:

biodiversity.

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