Organic move helps after foot-and-mouth disaster

摘要

Reducing stocking density and finding an alternative income stream were the drivers behind a Welsh family's decision to convert to organic production. Going organic and adding a poultry enterprise have helped a Welsh hill farm recover after losing 3000 in-lamb ewes and 500 cattle to foot-and-mouth disease in 2001. The slaughter gave Haydn Jones and his son David the chance to rethink management policy on almost 584ha (1400 acres) of less favoured land at Llanbadarn Fy-nydd in Powys.