ARCZero to hold farm walk near Ballycastle on “The road towards net zero”

ARCZero, a farmer-led European Innovation Project co-funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced it will hold a farm walk on Wednesday 24th May 2023 on the farm of Patrick Casement near Ballycastle.

Hosted by Patrick Casement, this will be the latest in a series of successful farm walks which have been held over the past year. The farm walk will focus on how nature-based solutions can reduce carbon footprint while benefiting biodiversity and the wider environment at the same time.

Patrick has been taking steps to reduce his carbon footprint and improve economic performance through a number of measures, including increasing the clover content of his swards, planting trees, managing hedges and woodland, introducing multi-species swards, and creating wildlife and biosecurity corridors.