Climate conversation 2024
Farming, rural communities and the future
Climate Conversation, Talybont, Ceredigion, Monday 16 December 2024, 11-2
Extreme weather, food security, wildlife: these are concerns for all of us, and we need to face them together. This event, which is funded by the Welsh Government as part of Climate Week, will examine how farms and their local communities can work together to adapt to extreme weather and other challenges. It will consist of a farm walk and discussions over lunch in a nearby pub.
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Anyone involved with farming, the countryside and rural communities is welcome but places are limited and booking is essential. To express an interest, email us.
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Moelgolomen is an organic upland farm near Talybont, where Rhodri and Sarah Lloyd-Williams and their family farm sheep and cattle across 750 acres of hillside, stretching from their home in the valley floor to 1,500ft above sea level. They have done much to encourage wildlife, including tree and hedgerow planting, and they sell meat direct to the public. Watch Rhodri introducing his farm:
Talybont Community Flood Group and Coed Talybont tree planting group
In 2012 Talybont experienced severe floods, with 27 homes uninhabitable for up to a year. In 2021 the Talybont Community Flood Group started to research natural flood management options. Since then an offshoot group called Coed Talybont has helped to plant over 26000 trees, with agreements for 50,000 over the next 5 years. They have over 60 members who come for many good reasons and there is always cake!
Most of the trees are planted in hedgerows on farms, including Moelgolomen. This winter they will be starting work with a local landowner, building living willow leaky dams and managing the woodland understory, in order to slow the flow of surface water and protect the soil against erosion.
In 2024, with Tir Canol, the group started a year-long community co-design process called Llif. The aim is to create a Natural Flood Management plan for the Ceulan catchment.
Tir Canol
The Tir Canol community through co-production projects works to design and provide positive outcomes for nature and people. Llif is one such project and it is hosting four codesigned workshops with the local community and Talybont Flood Community Group. Llif is a strand of the Cynnal project funded by the Esmee Fairbairn foundation and hosted by RSPB Cymru.
The shared values of the Biosphere and Tir Canol have led to partnership working that adds value beyond the original aims of Llif project. This event will point the way to further collaboration within the Ceulan Catchment and beyond.
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