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Become a Pulse Pioneer in new farming-led research project
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We connect: We connect farmers, innovators and industry to understand best practice sustainable farm management and how it can be applied most effectively to each farm’s unique situation.
We build trust: We provide assurance that growers are farming more sustainably through our independently audited LEAF Marque certification; from the health of their soils to how they engage with local communities.
We educate: Our team of qualified educational specialists work with schools, citizens and farmers across the UK to bring sustainable farming to life, both in schools and on-farm. LEAF promotes more regenerative farming through Integrated Farm Management (IFM). It is a whole farm business approach that uses the best of modern technology and traditional methods.
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We are proud to be one of 17 partners involved in a new, four-year, industry-led research project – Nitrogen-efficient plants for Climate-Smart arable cropping systems (NCS) which delves deeper into the potential of pulses and legumes to address the current climate crisis.
The ground-breaking project has two aims; the first to support farmers in reducing agricultural emissions by increasing pulse cropping in arable rotations and the second; to substitute 50% of imported soya meal used in feed, with more climate-friendly home-grown pulses and legumes.
What will the project involve?
- 200 UK farmers will be given direct support to establish their business’ carbon baseline, using the Farm Carbon Toolkit
- GHG emissions will be tracked throughout the project which will form a fundamental part of the dataset
- The leading innovators amongst them will be paid to work with scientists to co-design crop and feeding trials to carry out on their farms. These ‘Pulse Pioneers’ will explore ways and means for soils to thrive, crop yields to build and livestock productivity to flourish, through better use and marketing of home-grown pulses and legumes
How to be part of this exciting journey
If you are passionate about pulses and legumes, you can register to be part of the PulsePep farmer-led community. The platform is free for all to join and offers farmers the opportunity of support to carbon-baseline their farm and achieve the best from pulse crops.
Otherwise, head to the NCS project webpage to find out more about what the project has to offer and the partners involved!
