Part 2 of RockOnSoils host farmer Alexander Brewster soil story 👍

Crushed silicate rock - on farm & ready to apply! This is a volcanic rock called basalt which contains mostly silicates, some calcium & magnesium + smaller amounts of other minerals. Importantly, this rock doesn’t contain any carbon - natural weathering processes changes this...

Don't miss out on the fab farm walk with #soilfarmer20 Alexander Brewster taking place on the 20th October. It's online and will be a great chance to dig a little deeper into Alex's management of his stock, grass and soils. Book today! tinyurl.com/y2f7j2l6 RockOnSoils

Outdoor Virtual team test of 4/5g capability earlier today - prep for our virtual farm walk open to all 20thOct. how’s this for a Rotmell sky😀. #SoilFarmer2020 @FarmC02Toolkit eventbrite.co.uk/e/farm-walk-wi…

Some fab looking soil from #SoilFarmer2020 AND RockOnSoils host farmer Alexander Brewster. You can hear more about Alex’s management & the RockOnSoils project by joining the @FarmC02Toolkit virtual farm walk on 20th Oct @ 13:30 eventbrite.co.uk/e/farm-walk-wi… This sampled as 10.5% OM 😊

RockOnSoils host farmer Alexander Brewster cattle are integral to his soil management. Hear more at the @FarmC02Toolkit soil farmer of the year winner’s virtual farm walk - next Tuesday 20 Oct 1:30pm. Oh, and there’s a session on RockOnSoils too 😊 eventbrite.co.uk/e/farm-walk-wi…

Talking thistles and microbiological #diversity Powered Pasture @FarmC02Toolkit Emily Grant Alexander Brewster

Huge thanks to Alexander Brewster & @FarmC02Toolkit for a brilliant farm walk at Rotmell Farm in Perthshire. Using cattle in a mob grazing system to improve soil health. Also well worth looking at the RockOnSoils project at Rotmell, encouraging movement of carbon from air to soil.

It’s #WorldSoilDay 🤩 In appreciation of our soils and the potential they hold to help tackle climate change here’s a wee video that explains our RockOnSoils project youtube.com/watch?v=6NLTkb… Thanks @CarlaComadran for the photo 😊

Although we’ve been quiet, we’ve been busy! We’re fast approaching the end of the project and are currently drawing together our findings (more of that later) In the meantime here’s a wee video we made earlier as a reminder of what the project is all about youtube.com/watch?v=6NLTkb…

‘We need to learn to work with more natural processes, but it takes time to understand what these natural processes are’ Some great chat from ⁦Douglas Christie⁩ ⁦Alexander Brewster⁩ ⁦Dr Ehsan Jorat⁩ about rock, soils, C-sequestration & Ag on-farm.co.uk

Key objectives of the project have involved the science team looking for any on the ground changes in GHG emissions, soil or plant quality following application of rock. The trial plots compared an area that had received 20T/ha in 2017 with an untreated control area.