Dartington Agroforestry FINAL
In this video, Harriet Bell and Jon Perkin who work for the Dartington Estate in Devon, discuss why and how they implemented Agroforestry onto their primarily arable land and lessons learned from their venture.
**Apologies for the wind noise****
Dartington, UK, scenics, 1988
From a friend's home movies. From a trip to Dartington, UK, 1988, The tiltyard, old church tower, buddha, gardens, Henry Moore sculpture?, 12 Apostles, Great Hall, William Blake - Auguries of Innocence poem exceprt on stone, Henry Moore statue Memorial FIgure, donkey, some graves by the old tower, more flowers, inside the Great Hall, banners, we read the sign..., the Summer House.
New farmer excited for the future at Old Parsonage
Meet Jon Perkin, the new farmer at Old Parsonage Farm on The Dartington Hall Trust estate. He's just moved in with his with Lynne and their two children and has exciting plans for the future. In this short film, he talks about their dairy farm partnership with Sharpham and driving sustainable farming practices.
Visit Dartington Crystal, North Devon - Open all year round.
See and hear the fascinating story of over 40 years of Dartington Crystal
Whilst with us you can learn the history of Dartington Crystal in the Audio Visual Theatre and then follow the Dartington Timeline from 1967 to present day. And see how the first peices of glass were made in our museum section.
For more information visit: dartington.co.uk
Watch our talented expert Master Engraving demonstration create award winning works of Art; Choose a special piece for yourself or loved ones and have it personalised with a personal message or motif. You can watch the live demonstration of glassmaking and try the many hands-on activities we have to offer.
CURWORTHY CHEESE DAIRY, DEVON
Curworthy Cheese is a small dairy found just outside of Okehampton in Devon. Their cheese is a semi-hard cows milk cheese with a flavour and texture akin to a mature Gouda. Thank you to Rachel and the team for being so accommodating.
You can find Curworthy Cheese at:
Curworthy Cheese
Stockbeare Farm
Jacobstowe
Okehampton
Devon EX20 3PZ
Tel: 01837 810587
Simply Soulful Family Goat Yoga - Dartington Farm - April 2018
Our first Family Goat Yoga session of 2018 at Dartington Dairy - We had yoga for 2-legged and 4-legged kids! Gentle movement with uplifting stories of super powers from the animal kingdom! #HappyYogis #SmilesAllRound #KidGoats
Fallow deer bottle fed
Feeding the fallow deer
REOPEN TOTNES CAMPAIGN
A film expressing the views of Totnes people who are fighting to get their main high street restored to one way up through the town.
Simply Soulful Goat Yoga
Simply Soulful Yoga has teamed up with Dartington Dairy to offer hilarious and therapeutic animal antics on the farm. Both family and adult classes take place seasonally, April through to October - a truly therapeutic workout for the mind, body and soul, guaranteed to help you smile on the inside (and out, until your face hurts!). Who can resist settling into a downward facing dog with the cutest upward facing baby goat peeking up at you?
Benefits of Goat Yoga: These fun and therapeutic sessions combine the physical and emotional benefits of yoga, laughter and animal therapy; such as reduced cortisol (stress response) and increased endorphins (natural painkillers), dopamine & oxytocin (happy hormones). All abilities welcome.
The Making Of Giant Flower Bottles
Hand Made In Devon, England.
Each Finished Glass Bottle Weighs 4.5kg.
Letting Go - Inspired by the Love Police (Part 1)
PLEASE READ:
PART 2
This was our uni project for a site specific performance.
It was inspired by Charlie Veitch and the Love police.
He was planning to join us but a clash of dates unfortunately prevented this.
Enjoy :)
With Love,
Ben and Tommy
Songs:
Idlewild - A Modern way of letting go
Bob Marley - One Love
PS: Matt Rudkin is our Tutor
Colin Tudge: The Importance of Small-Scale Farms
Writer and Biologist Colin Tudge talks about the importance of small-scale farms in our future food system.
This talk was held at Dartington as part of the Land Partnerships Seminar.
The Land Partnerships Seminar was an initiative of Schumacher College.
To find out more about Dartington and Schumacher College visit.
America's only urban beekeeping store on rescuing honeybees
Bryon Waibel runs what he believes is the world's only urban beekeeping store. It's called Her Majesty's Secret Beekeeper and Waibel, who uses the handle 006, does seem to believe that he/ the store/ urban beekeepers are serving a cause.
It would not surprise me at all if the future of the honeybee itself is in urban beekeeping, he says, It would not surprise me at all.
For those not familiar with the problem with bees, the threat is Colony Collapse Disorder: a phenomenon wherehoneybees worldwide are disappearing. No one knows the cause though some point to a combination of pests and environmental pathogens like pesticides and GM crops.
The secret of urban bees
Waibel thinks the solution could be urban bee hives and he's not alone. French beekeeper's association Unaf found that urban bees are up to four times as productive as their rural cousins because they have a wider variety of plant life for pollination and aren't exposed to pesticides like their country counterparts.
It seems the plight of the bees has politicized urban homesteaders to do their part. Urban beekeeping I would say it's increased at least 3 or 4 fold over the last 3 years. And he says this jump in beekeeping enthusiasm merged neatly with press coverage of Colony Collapse Disorder and increased public perception in the importance of honeybees.
Langstroth hives and mead-making goods
To arm all these newly recruited urban warriors, Her Majesty's Secret Beekeeper sells beekeeping supplies like protective suits, combs and hives, mostly Langstroth equipment (The standard equipment in the United States... named after the Reverend Lorenzo Langstroth who used the discovery of beespace to invent this moveable frame hive.)
In this video, Waibel gives us a tour of the store's supplies (which include hyperlocal honey, beeswax soap and cosmetics and mead- (honey wine) making equipment. He also talks about how, to his surprise, his personal urban bee hives are doing better than those of his father in Michigan farm country.
Forest Garden THE MOVIE #permaculture #agroforestry #sustainability Martin Crawford
Martin Crawford Forest Garden. Permaculture is a system of agricultural and social design principles centred on simulating or directly utilizing the patterns and features observed in natural ecosystems. Permaculture was developed, and the term coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in 1978. Bamboo at 29:11 American Elder 38:20 Pine trees 42:10
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Agroforestry is a land use management system in which trees or shrubs are grown around or among crops or pastureland. It combines shrubs and trees in agricultural and forestry technologies to create more diverse, productive, profitable, healthy,, ecologically sound, and sustainable land-use systems.
Simply put, agroforestry means combining agriculture and trees
Agroforestry is a land management approach with multiple benefits. Planting trees on farms can give farmers healthier soil and higher yields – not to mention creating vital homes for wildlife.
A symbiotic relationship
Tree roots reach deep into the ground, releasing much-needed carbon into the soil. They cycle nutrients and bind the soil together, preventing it from being eroded by the wind or the rain.
There are two main types of agroforestry
1. Silvo-pastoral agroforestry: which means the grazing of animals under trees. The animals enrich the soil while the trees provide shelter and fodder for the animals.
2. Silvo-arable agroforestry: where crops are grown beneath trees, often in rows which are large enough for a tractor to tend to the crops without damaging the trees. This is farming in 3D, the trees and the crops occupy different levels above ground, and also below ground where the tree roots will reach down deeper than the crops.
Other types of agroforestry include hedgerows and buffer strips, forest farming - cultivation within a forest environment, and home gardens for agroforestry on small scales in mixed or urban settings.
Trees also provide vital habitats for wildlife. They help farmers by housing natural predators to many common crop pests, thus reducing the need for pesticides.
Not only that, but agroforestry can protect food production from the effects of climate change. Trees can be harvested to offer an alternative income if one crop fails. Agroforestry has been practised for millennia across the world, and was widely used in the UK before farming was industrialised in the last century. We need to explore how more people can benefit from this way of farming.
Why isn’t agroforestry more common?
Unfortunately, not many farmers have come across agroforestry. Even if they understand the benefits, converting your farm can be a daunting task: someone who expertly manages a dairy farm may not feel so confident starting from scratch growing chestnuts!
Short-term farm tenancies are also a problem, because they discourage farmers from making long-term investments. It can be years before trees start to bear fruit or can be harvested to pay themselves off. Luckily, these challenges can be overcome. More and more UK farmers are beginning to experiment with agroforestry, and they’re already starting to see improvements in resilience, biodiversity and soil health.
Agroforestry for the Future
Agroforestry has huge potential to create positive change for the farming landscape in the UK, and there are currently several trials taking place investigating its potential.
As well as a massive positive impact on the soil, the environment and wildlife, agroforestry also boosts productivity. Diverse systems are more productive than monocultures. Tree roots reach down below those of cereals or vegetables means you can get more crops from the same acre.
The future for agroforestry looks bright. It has already been rated as one of the most promising systems for the ‘sustainable intensification’ of farming, meaning that farmers can produce more food while also reducing negative impacts on the environment. All we need to do now is spread the word.
#permaculture #agroforestry #sustainability #TreeNews #LondonTrees #Trees #botany #arboriculture #biology #science #plants #environment #biodiversity
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Episode 1: Totnes
Although this video does have small amounts of footage from other places this video was mainly shot in Totnes.
Filmed with: GoPro 3+ black edition
Flourishing: Business and Beyond
This is a segment of an interview between Karen Downes of the Flourish Initiative and Satish Kumar, co-founder of the Schumacher College.
The interview was filmed in the Schumacher College in Dartington, England and is titled, 'AN INQUIRY: What is it we need to truly flourish in business and life?' This section covers flourishing: well being and beyond.
For more information please visit:
Filmed and edited by Miles Cooper
Weobley High School - Video from1963
Video of the school made in 1963! Recently found and shown at the school's 50th anniversary
Timelapse Great Torrington New Year's Eve 2010/2011
Bad quality due to it being filmed on a netbook webcam.
An alternative quick tour of the Atmos Totnes site
Here's an alternative route around the Dairy Crest site ... filmed by James Engwell.