Wetter farming, also known as paludiculture, is the practice of farming land that had previously been drained but now has a restored naturally higher water table. But what do farmers think about…

We are growing bulrushes on areas of re-wetted lowland agricultural peat, to investigate how we can reduce harmful carbon emissions from drained peatlands, whilst also keeping the land financially…

Rindle Field is a pioneering wetter farming (paludiculture) trial, investigating how traditional food crops can be grown on a re-wetted agricultural peatland.

What is wetter farming? How do you do it? Why would you do it? What can you grow? What else do you need to think about?

Our pioneering Rindle wetter farming trial is working to support nature as well as our climate.

When a peatland is drained and converted to agriculture, the carbon that was stored in the peat oxidises and gets released into the atmosphere contributing to the climate emergency. As part of a…