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Plant Teams Field Lab: heritage grains and crop innovation for crofters

Plant Teams Field Lab: heritage grains and crop innovation for crofters

This special Plant Teams Field Lab event will take place on the Isle of Lismore
"Delegates will be able to learn about new research into heritage grains like bere barley, an ancient type of Scottish barley, and which species mixtures are particularly suited to the West of Scotland"
This special Plant Teams Field Lab event will take place on the Isle of Lismore

The James Hutton Institute is teaming up with Soil Association Scotland and Scotland's Rural College for a special crofting meeting of the Plant Teams Field Lab event series on the Isle of Lismore, looking at how intercropping can help crofters grow multiple crops together for better outcomes.

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute