How a Devon farm uses silvopasture and wetland creation to help weather climate extremes

<p>In this story we speak with David Thomas and Jason Greenway at Springwater Farm, on the Killerton Estate in Devon. David is a senior land advisor who works on natural flood management (leaky dams, scrapes and bunds), and Jason runs Springwater Farm with his wife Amelia. Together they have designed a small patch of wetland to slow the flow of water, reduce flooding, encourage vegetation during droughts, and make space for wildlife.</p><p>When Jason and Amelia took the land on, it was a heavy input farm, and since then they have been experimenting with agroforestry, silvopasteur, and wetland creation. As they explain in the story, for them building a sustainably profitable farm is about adapting to drier summers and wetter winters — and finding ways to keep their farm both resilient and financially viable in response to climate change pressures.</p><p></p>