Saturday, March 1st, 2025, at 2:00 PM.  Location: Bard College, Room 115, Olin Language Center, 77 Campus Road, Annandale-On-Hudson, New York.

How can farming and ecology work together to create thriving landscapes? Join us at Bard College on Saturday, March 1 for a discussion on landscape recovery in the Brecklands of Eastern England. The Farmer-Ecologist Research Circle, a partnership of local Hudson Valley ecologists and farmers supported by the Hudson Valley Farm Hub and Hawthorne Valley’s Farmscape Ecology Program, has organized the talk.

Richard Evans, co-founder and lead farmer in the Breckland Farmers Wildlife Network, will describe his experiences and motivations to protect and enhance the biodiversity of the Brecks, (a geographical region in eastern England). He’ll also share about his efforts to help shape future policy to benefit this area, and consider its current balance of food production and ecology. Chris Sharpe, an ornithologist who has helped gather avian data in the same region, will provide an ecologist’s view of the interaction of bird life and agriculture in that landscape.   

The event, hosted by the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, is free and open to the public. Click here to read more.