LEAF
LEAF Linking Environment and Farming promotes environmentally responsible farming. LEAF brings together thousands of individuals and organisations to deliver a shared vision for the future of farming and food. The Institute is a LEAF Innovation Centre. Its base, laboratories, glasshouses and research farm, are located west of Dundee on the Carse of Gowrie.
LEAF activities expanded with the acquisition and development of a second farm at Balruddery that contains a globally unique, 40 hectare, long term research platform, dedicated to putting the science of sustainable farming into practice.
Latest ..... EU PURE IPM project starts in March ..... Drystane dykes in the late February sun ..... Hedge planting starts at Balruddery ..... Date set for Open Farm Sunday 2011
New web pages
The Institute's LEAF web pages are being extensively revised in 2011. To find out more about our role in LEAF, follow the menu to the left or click the links below.
- News and activities - how we contribute to LEAF
- Around the farms - a photographic diary of what's occurring on the Institute's two farms
- Comment - our scientists' views on topical issues in food security and the environment
- Research - how the Institute's science is leading to sustainable farm practice
- LEAF and integrated farm management - more about LEAF and IFM
You can find more about LEAF, and find out how to get involved, at the LEAF UK website.
Contact for this page: Geoff Squire.
