Farming with nature at High Braythorne Farm
Bringing it together
At High Braythorne, we don't separate farming and food production from our work to restore lost habitat. Both activities are integrated to achieve wholeness and harmony.
Our aim is to use a "whole systems" approach. This means we look at the way natural cycles work on our land (and their relationship to surrounding land) and adapt the farm management to work with these systems. As we learn about this process and put it into practice, we will update visitors to this website.
We could not follow this path without the investment and support of Environment Bank and its wonderful team of ecologists and land managers. They are great partners.
Gratitude also to the team at Pasture and Profit North, who have provide us with a "pasture mentor" - the brilliant Mark Palmer - and introduced us to so many knowledgeable farmers on the regenerative journey.
Environmental schemes
We like to keep well-informed about opportunities to access external funding enabling us to farm with nature. This currently includes:
- Mid Tier Countryside Stewardship
- Sustainable Farming Incentive Pilot
- Biodiversity Net Gain
Invaluable advice comes through
- Pasture for Life
- Pasture & Profit North
- Farming in Protected Landscapes
Farm and Community
Farm Production
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Farm Production
Our farming system is based on low inputs and low capital expenditure because we don't have modern farm buildings and the size of the farm does not justify a lot of expensive machinery, or additional staff costs.
Lamb and forage production are currently the main enterprises. We aim to introduce a beef enterprise as soon as possible as cattle grazing fits well with our biodiversity objectives.
Our Community
Educational access
Farm Production
We value the community where we live and work. We enjoy collaborating with our farming neighbours, who have been immensely generous sharing their knowledge and helping us to start farming.
In 2022 we used an holistic management framework to review our strategy. This is based on principles and practices that apply to the land, our family,
We value the community where we live and work. We enjoy collaborating with our farming neighbours, who have been immensely generous sharing their knowledge and helping us to start farming.
In 2022 we used an holistic management framework to review our strategy. This is based on principles and practices that apply to the land, our family, the community and our business.
We know the path we have chosen is not for every farm but it has a place, and we will ensure it brings benefits to the local community. An example is using natural flood management to try to reduce excessive surface water flows through Braythorn.
Educational access
Educational access
Educational access
We are keen to give others the chance to benefit from the exceptional opportunities to learn about biodiversity in the context of a farmed environment. We offer educational access to schools through Countryside Stewardship and would love to collaborate with a full range of academic and professional organisations to bring our data to a wid
We are keen to give others the chance to benefit from the exceptional opportunities to learn about biodiversity in the context of a farmed environment. We offer educational access to schools through Countryside Stewardship and would love to collaborate with a full range of academic and professional organisations to bring our data to a wider audience. Click here to contact us if you or your organisation may be interested.
The Countryside Educational Visits Accreditation Scheme (CEVAS) is a nationally recognised accreditation scheme offering training for individuals who are working with groups of school children, young people or clients with additional needs.