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Updated 21/01/2008
 

Environmental / Conservation / Community Aspects

 

We continue to develop new ideas and encourage daily environmental awareness. The integrated crop management systems in place already are overseen by A D A S, Natures Choice Gold Mark / NFU Protocol and the Checkmate "Produce Assured" scheme's plus we are also affiliated with The Game Conservancy Trust  which ensure that the customer gets the best produce we can supply, guaranteed.

 

J W Busby and partners
Hedge planting scheme 2000 - Phillip and Lucy

 

Aims and Objectives

Our aim here is to encourage a greener fresher way of farming within the boundaries of the listed schemes. The Game Conservancy Trust is a joint venture with our marketing group Berryworld and we have enlisted the local Ornithologist - Roland Turner to help us monitor and give feedback on the growing numbers of birds and wildlife.   Reducing the risk of disease and lowering the impact of spraying pesticides within the protected cropping promotes environmental enhancement. Our already established irrigation lake, which we had built in 1991, is now a beautiful feature of our farm. The wildlife has increased and we are encouraging all aspects of the natural habitat.

 

This area is now a haven for fish and wild life including a family of swans. We also place lots of bird feeders around the farm.

Our hedge laying and general welfare of hedges is ongoing, every autumn we allocate time to restoring and replanting hedgerows including those burnt out by vandals and car thieves we are encouraged and supported by the Countryside Stewardship Scheme, to which we are affiliated. This scheme is a government funded Organisation which has a 10 year programme. It allows 6m and 2m field boundaries to encourage wildlife back to its natural habitat and the further encouragement in lowland meadow, promoting wild flowers with limited stock grazing.

 

     J W Busby and partners                      

Recent audit has placed us in the "Gold" conformity sector with Natures Choice

We have been working alongside Tesco and Berryworld

 with their Wildlife Choice study.

http://www.tesco.com/csr/g/g4.html Click on this link to read more.

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