Measuring progress and delivering change is at the heart of LEAF’s work through the adoption of Integrated Farm Management and this series of booklets will help you do just that.
Keep reading for more information on each of these guides. Below you can find useful videos and case studies to bring the guides to life.
Simple and effective biosecurity measures are crucial in protecting your livestock business from diseases and pests and improving animal health and welfare. It can also result in greater productivity, reduced risks, and earlier detection and management of diseases which all help bring costs down. Simply Sustainable Biosecurity helps you address biosecurity using six simple steps.
Simply Sustainable Biosecurity, based on Six Simple Steps, is designed to support you in managing disease emergence and spread on your farm and support your business in becoming more efficient and resilient to change. You are probably already doing some now, but this practical, easy to use booklet, will help you consider your farm as a whole, discover areas of weakness and identify your biggest risks.
This booklet has been produced to help you develop an effective on-farm management strategy for efficient water use and to improve the farm’s contribution to protecting water in the environment. It allows you to get the best from this valuable resource, to improve awareness of the importance of water and track changes in water use and quality over time.
In the video above, Jake Freestone, Farm Manager at Overbury Farms, talks us through the 'six simple steps for managing water quality and use on your land' outlined in 'Simply Sustainable Water'.
This booklet has been developed by LEAF in close association with ASDA and Molson Coors Brewing Company.
Simply Sustainable Soils is a booklet designed to help ensure you are getting the best out of your soil, to create an awareness of the importance of soil quality and allow you to track changes in soil quality over time. It is based on six simple steps to help improve the performance, health and long term sustainability of your land and has been developed by LEAF in close association with ASDA.
You can now see Simply Sustainable Soils in action on farms across the UK. Take a look at our preview case studies below providing top soil tips from a range of farm, soil and enterprise types. The full set of case studies is available to LEAF members in myLEAF.
Simply Sustainable Biodiversity is a booklet to help farmers monitor, manage and enhance biodiversity through the adoption of Integrated Farm Management (IFM). Based on Six Simple Steps, it outlines practical ways for farmers to manage their land for food production as well as for wildlife.
Simply Sustainable Biodiversity has been developed by LEAF in close association with ASDA.
