Lorna Parker visited G's farm to discover what one of the UK's biggest salad growers is doing to try and reduce its carbon footprint and protect peat soils.

We have an exciting new project ahead, supported by the Co-op and the Co-op Foundation’s Carbon Innovation Fund partnership. We speak with Aleks Kowalski, Project Director of Drone RePeat, about…

Great Fen Project Manager, Lorna Parker, shares news about the amazing peatland restoration and research that our colleagues at Lancashire Wildlife Trust are doing!

Starting out on a PhD at University of East London, Georgemma Hunt shares some of her early-stage ambitions for using wetland farming crop - Typha latifolia - to produce a low-carbon…

With 97% of the UK's reed for thatching currently being imported, how can reed grown in the Great Fen contribute to the UK's commercial demand? Graham Carter, President of the East…

One of the benefits of hosting so many interesting groups in the Great Fen, is getting invited to return to their own fascinating projects! Project Manager Kate Carver shares highlights of a…

It's essential that in order to succeed on the Great Fen, we learn from our paludiculture peers around the world. In September, Lorna and Kate went on a sweltering four-day study visit to the…

Another innovation and another opportunity to work with our partners UKCEH, this time to explore the carbon storage potential of biochar. Our guest blogger, Dr Jenny Rhymes, tells us more.

A unique research project has led to an award for Martin Parsons, a former Great Fen colleague and Volunteer Officer. His MSc field project evaluated ten species of sphagnum for their ability to…

The next phase of sphagnum moss farming trials at the Great Fen continue with new planting methods - Restoration Manager Lorna Parker charts the evolution