Decarbonising Agriculture in Northumberland

Overview

The Rural Design Centre is working in partnership with Northumberland County Council (NCC) to support farmers across the county keen to reduce their emissions from agriculture. The NCC Climate Action Plan has identified a growing concern with emissions from the farming and agriculture sector, and will be using the facilitated workshops to support the co-design of solutions.

Project partners

• Newcastle University

• The Rural Design Centre

Project Journey

The project has been made possible with funding from Innovate UK, and their Design Foundations: Net Zero Environments call. The project launched in December 2023 and will run for 6 months, with workshops starting in January 2024, details are shown on Eventbrite.

Support for the project comes from the Newcastle University Farms, the NFU and Northumberland National Park.

Impacts

Through expert guests, peer to peer learning and facilitated workshops, the project will deliver specific and deliverable advice for farmers as they move towards lowering their emissions. The project will also look to model scenarios of what impacts could be achieved if principles of the circular economy were implemented on farms.