{"id":4009,"date":"2021-11-22T14:27:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T14:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/n2applied.com\/?p=4009"},"modified":"2021-12-09T18:57:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T18:57:24","slug":"nether-lethame-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/n2applied.com\/2021\/11\/22\/nether-lethame-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Nether Lethame Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nether Lethame Farm is an eco-farm, near Glasgow, UK, with a herd of 19 Jersey cows and 300 chickens. Alex Fleming and his family run the farm with \u2018eco\u2019 principles, with the dream of sharing freshly produced goods to the surrounding community. Throughout 2021, the farm\u2019s Jolly Jersey brand was developed, with milk (both natural and flavoured) as well as ice cream are produced and sold on the farm from their cafe and self-service vending machine.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The family recognises the impact dairy farming can have on\u00a0emissions and\u00a0are eager to\u00a0try\u00a0innovative technology\u00a0to reduce their environmental footprint.\u00a0\u201cWe want to explore how best to achieve net-zero emissions and make green technology the backbone of our growing business,\u201d said Alex.\u00a0Slurry management and the reduction of its emissions\u00a0has been\u00a0a key area of interest\u00a0for the Flemings\u2019\u00a0– The potential to make slurry management, which is such an environmental Achilles\u2019 heel for the dairy sector, net-zero, can be a cornerstone of our sustainable farming business,\u201d\u00a0said Alex.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Since the summer of 2021, an N2 unit has been installed on-site and integrated into the existing infrastructure at Nether\u00a0Lethame\u00a0Farm.\u00a0Its operation\u00a0contributes to the\u00a0Flemings\u2019\u00a0eco-farm principles,\u00a0offering\u00a0locally produced milk products\u00a0to the community\u00a0with a lower carbon footprint. In addition, treating the slurry\u00a0generates\u00a0a complete\u00a0and\u00a0odourless\u00a0fertiliser for\u00a0the\u00a0pastures, allowing slurry to be treated with greater flexibility without concern for its smell.\u00a0With this, the Flemings\u2019 have successfully established a winning business case for\u00a0a few pence extra per litre\u00a0of milk\u00a0–\u00a0a\u00a0decision and rationale\u00a0that is\u00a0well regarded\u00a0by customers.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> This project has received funding from the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101008819.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-4009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects","tag-eic"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJim Cornall from the Dairy Reporter interviews Alex Fleming from Nether Lethame<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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