Insights Newsletter
CHCx3 Insights, is available to download and read. Published twice a year, it features articles and updates on the multi-partner research project ‘Centre for High Carbon Capture Cropping’ (CHCx3). This aims to help UK farmers target Net Zero and build farming resilience through diversified cropping, enabling new revenue sources in the carbon market and supporting enhanced value chains for industries. Available to anyone with an interest in increasing carbon capture through the growing and utilisation of crops, click on the links below to download.
July 2024
Summer Insights
Highlights of this issue include the introduction of new partners farm Carbon Toolkit and Bitrez as well as companies we are working closely with, Camira and SHD. We hear from miscanthus farmer Colin Chappel about why he is growing miscanthus an get an insight into its carbon capture capture capabilities from an interview with Dr Jason Kam, Terravesta. We also hear from Project Lead Dr Lydia Smith and Professor Ian Graham on the genetic work he is leading on hemp.
January 2024
Winter Insights
This issue features research the research that is being done on our herbal ley mixes by Cotswolds seeds and Dr Nathan Morris gives an overview of the cover crop work that is being done by NIAB. From Jamie Bartley we learn about the development of hemp-based materials and the Biorenewable Development Centre explains the work they are doing to scale-up high-value biobased products and processes . Lastly, we hear from one of our partners who is growing hemp and flax, Luke Palmer from Palmer & Sons.
September 2023
Autumn Insights
​The first issue of the Insights Newsletter which introduces Project Lead Lydia Smith, Knowledge Hub Lead Stuart Knight. The possibilities of perennial wheat are explained by Dr Phil Howell. Establishing hemp and flax is explored by Heather Oldfield. We introduce partners FarmED and the Northern Ireland Hemp Association and grower, Nick Voase, founder of Yorkshire Hemp.