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The Global Farm Metric framework is a common framework for all food and farming stakeholders to understand, measure and monitor farm-level sustainability.

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Allerton radish cover crop with earthworm
GWCT briefing from Allerton Project research on measures that can reduce negative impacts on water quality and aquatic ecology, and potentially reducing flood risk.
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Crimson and persian clovers: Photo Phil Sumption
DiverIMPACTS case studies across Europe highlight why crop diversification strategies have been successful and what challenges needed to be overcome to achieve success.
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Bee on phacelia
This publication from the Landworkers' Alliance highlights what pioneers of agroecology in the UK are doing to create a productive and sustainable agriculture.
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Rhubarb growing in understorey at Tolhurst Organic
The area under the tree canopy in agroforestry systems should be seen as an opportunity for crop diversification / additional income rather than being dismissed as ’wasted space.’
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Diverse swards
Herbal leys with a diverse range of species can help resolve soil fertility problems, making forage legume mixtures hard to resist.
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Sheep on arable land. Image credit: Katie Bliss, All Rights Reserved
Integrating leys in arable rotations can provide multiple benefits including weed management, soil health and pollinator habitat provision.
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Strip grazing winter silage at Hemsworth Farm in Dorset. Photo credit: Sophie Alexander
Arable and livestock farmers can collaborate to share knowledge, land and other resources for mutual benefit and enhancement of ecosystem services and landscape.
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Integrated slug control
Know your enemy - an integrated approach to slug control is more effective than using chemical slug pellets alone
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Soil Test Calendar screengrab
Which soil tests to do, when to do them, which fields and where on the fields to test to get a representative sample.
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Alex Heffron using a plate meter
Alex Heffron uses a plate meter to monitor the volume of forage available in fields across his farm allowing him to improve grass growth and soil health with mob grazing.
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3 key soil tests
Spring and autumn are the best times to do soil tests. Try the three most important and easy soil tests you can do yourself on your land to understand soil health.
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Sheep on arable land
How incorporating sheep within arable farming systems can rejuvenate soils, reduce problem weeds, improve biodiversity, & improve yields from following crops.
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Oil seed rape
The LEAF guide to Integrated Pest Management for farmers.
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LEAF's Integrated Farm Management approach; how you can use it to benefit your farm business.
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Peacock butterfly on creeping thistle
An overview from the EISDA of Integrated Farm Management as an approach to sustainable agriculture.
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