Farm walk: Beef Cattle at Gryffe Wraes Farm

This walk is open to any farmer or land worker who is interested, though a priority will be given to any farmers from Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire council areas.

Willie Harper will host us at his family run farm - Gryffe Wraes, a tenant farm in Renfrewshire. They rear beef cattle with a mix of Aberdeen Angus, Simmental and Charolais cattle; as well as a sheep flock.

Through the Beef Efficiency Scheme, Willie undertook annual carbon audits and has also been adjusting livestock management and undertaken soil sampling. He will take us through changes he has made throughout his time at Gryffe Wraes, as we take a walk around the farm. This will be an opportunity to meet other farmers and speak about some of the challenges and successes to more sustainable farming practice.

We will gather at 12:00 to start with a shared lunch. If you have any dietary requirements please let us know at least 2 days in advance of the event - you will be asked in the event booking form.

You can read & watch more about Gryffe Wraes

https://www.fas.scot/downloads/working-towards-net-zero-carbon-at-gryffe-wraes-farm/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwQPH6h957Q
 

Accessibility

The farm walk will be around a working farm so please bear this in mind with regards to uneven ground and other access needs. Please let us know if you have any specific access needs in the event booking form and we will try to support with these. 

Getting there

The farm is located between Bridge of Weir and Houston - we will send out the exact address

There is plenty of space for parking at the farm but please remember this is a working farm

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This is part of the RenRegen project which is hosted by Propagate in partnership with the Renfrewshire Climate Action Network and East Renfrewshire Climate Action Hub, funded by the Scottish Government. You can read more about RenRegen here: https://propagate.org.uk/renregen

If you have any questions about the farm walk, project or are interested in staying in the loop but can't come along - please email farmfacilitator@propagate.org.uk