Dr Rebecca Bragg (@beccaabragg) 's Twitter Profile
Dr Rebecca Bragg

@beccaabragg

Sustainability Researcher at Riverford Organic Farmers 👩‍🌾 PhD in Integrated Pest Management from Warwick Crop Centre 🫘🌱🪰

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Very rewarding day for Riverford sustainability team getting 43 walnut trees in the ground. Not quite the meaning of life but close. Look out for them if you're near Yealmpton and if you enjoy Riverford lamb know that, at some point, it'll be coming from silvopasture.

Very rewarding day for <a href="/Riverford/">Riverford</a> sustainability team getting 43 walnut trees in the ground. Not quite the meaning of life but close. Look out for them if you're near Yealmpton and if you enjoy <a href="/Riverford/">Riverford</a> lamb know that, at some point, it'll be coming from silvopasture.
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Tomorrow afternoon I'll be discussing my final findings from my research on Bean Seed Fly 🪰 Inc. methods to prevent damage, monitor abundance and predict activity 🌱 Register for the webinar below ⬇️ warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesc… Warwick Crop Centre pgro Life Sciences #IPM

Tomorrow afternoon I'll be discussing my final findings from my research on Bean Seed Fly 🪰 Inc. methods to prevent damage, monitor abundance and predict activity 🌱 Register for the webinar below ⬇️

warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesc…

<a href="/WarwickCrop/">Warwick Crop Centre</a> <a href="/pgroresearch/">pgro</a> <a href="/WarwickLifeSci/">Life Sciences</a> #IPM
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Soil sampling for Harriet Bell/Riverford’s #agroforestry project 🌳🌳🌳 we’ll be measuring the carbon content in the soil at different depths 📏 we’ll return in years to come to see if these agroforestry plots are helping to sequester carbon 🧐#Climateaction

Soil sampling for <a href="/blewinbell/">Harriet Bell</a>/<a href="/Riverford/">Riverford</a>’s #agroforestry project 🌳🌳🌳 we’ll be measuring the carbon content in the soil at different depths 📏 we’ll return in years to come to see if these agroforestry plots are helping to sequester carbon 🧐#Climateaction
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Another day spent soil sampling at Orchard Organic Farm in a new agroforestry plot 🌳🐓 I’d say the hens were more helpful than Teddy 🐶 he kept stealing my bamboo canes! #agroforestry #soils #carbon Riverford Harriet Bell

Another day spent soil sampling at <a href="/orchardeggs/">Orchard Organic Farm</a> in a new agroforestry plot 🌳🐓 I’d say the hens were more helpful than Teddy 🐶 he kept stealing my bamboo canes! #agroforestry #soils #carbon <a href="/Riverford/">Riverford</a> <a href="/blewinbell/">Harriet Bell</a>
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Yesterday I passed my viva with minor corrections ☀️Thank you Tom Pope & Jackie Stroud for a great discussion on everything Bean Seed Fly 🪰Massive thanks to my supervisor Rosemary Collier & everyone else at Warwick Crop Centre for being amazing colleagues along the way 🌟#phdone

Yesterday I passed my viva with minor corrections ☀️Thank you <a href="/ipm_tom/">Tom Pope</a> &amp; <a href="/wormscience/">Jackie Stroud</a> for a great discussion on everything Bean Seed Fly 🪰Massive thanks to my supervisor <a href="/Warwickpestnews/">Rosemary Collier</a> &amp; everyone else at <a href="/WarwickCrop/">Warwick Crop Centre</a> for being amazing colleagues along the way 🌟#phdone
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Day one at Groundswell ✅ We even managed to fit in a project meeting as part of our collaborative project that aims to find an alternative to peat in our growing systems 🧐🌱🥬 Find out more here ➡️ youtu.be/38pocM2PdO0?si… #peat Riverford CAWR Coventry Joachim Steiner

Day one at <a href="/Groundswellaguk/">Groundswell</a> ✅

We even managed to fit in a project meeting as part of our collaborative project that aims to find an alternative to peat in our growing systems 🧐🌱🥬

Find out more here ➡️ youtu.be/38pocM2PdO0?si…

#peat <a href="/Riverford/">Riverford</a> <a href="/CoventryCAWR/">CAWR Coventry</a> <a href="/cambridgeeco/">Joachim Steiner</a>
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This bank holiday we're celebrating some of the first Riverford #agroforestry hazelnuts coming through Orchard Organic Farm So big thanks to everyone who helped fund some of the original trees through Riverford's refer a friend scheme!

This bank holiday we're celebrating some of the first <a href="/Riverford/">Riverford</a> #agroforestry hazelnuts coming through <a href="/orchardeggs/">Orchard Organic Farm</a> So big thanks to everyone who helped fund some of the original trees through <a href="/Riverford/">Riverford</a>'s refer a friend scheme!
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Today we started harvesting lettuce from Trial 2 of our collaborative project that aims to discover an effective peat-free blocking medium 🥬 Riverford CAWR Coventry Joachim Steiner & Delfland Nurseries Innovate UK #peatfree #peat

Today we started harvesting lettuce from Trial 2 of our collaborative project that aims to discover an effective peat-free blocking medium 🥬 <a href="/Riverford/">Riverford</a> <a href="/CoventryCAWR/">CAWR Coventry</a> <a href="/cambridgeeco/">Joachim Steiner</a> &amp; Delfland Nurseries 

<a href="/innovateuk/">Innovate UK</a> 

#peatfree #peat
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🥬Francis Rayns, researcher on the #fieldlab testing the benefits of #striptill in #horticulture, checks in on the Riverford trial plot. The strip till crop is a little behind the ploughed, but the team is hopeful it'll catch up soon. Follow for updates: innovativefarmers.org/field-labs/str…

🥬Francis Rayns, researcher on the #fieldlab testing the benefits of #striptill in #horticulture, checks in on the <a href="/Riverford/">Riverford</a> trial plot.

The strip till crop is a little behind the ploughed, but the team is hopeful it'll catch up soon. Follow for updates: innovativefarmers.org/field-labs/str…
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#OrganicSeptember open day at Shillingford Organics today 🥕tractor trailer rides, fresh veg & and guess the weight of the squash competition! 👨‍🌾 Soil Association Shillingford Organics

#OrganicSeptember open day at Shillingford Organics today 🥕tractor trailer rides, fresh veg &amp; and guess the weight of the squash competition! 👨‍🌾
<a href="/SoilAssociation/">Soil Association</a> <a href="/shillorganics1/">Shillingford Organics</a>
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We are thrilled to share the in-person and online programmes for 2025's Oxford Real Farming Conference! Spread over 9 venues in the heart of Oxford and with over 400 speakers from the UK and around the world, 2025's conference is not one to miss: orfc.org.uk/orfc-2025-in-p…

We are thrilled to share the in-person and online programmes for 2025's Oxford Real Farming Conference!

Spread over 9 venues in the heart of Oxford and with over 400 speakers from the UK and around the world, 2025's conference is not one to miss: orfc.org.uk/orfc-2025-in-p…
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CAWR researchers working to phase-out peat in horticulture met with representatives of the Peat-free Partnership, to share details of our work. The partnership's a coalition of  horticultural businesses & environmental NGOs with the goal of ending the commercial trade in peat.

CAWR researchers working to phase-out peat in horticulture met with representatives of the Peat-free Partnership, to share details of our work. The partnership's a coalition of  horticultural businesses &amp; environmental NGOs with the goal of ending the commercial trade in peat.
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Thrilled to be chairing IPM: Challenges, Opportunities & Synergies tomorrow at #ORFC25! 🐞🪰 Join me and a brilliant panel of experts: 🌟 Rosemary Collier 🌟 Tom Pope 🌟 Andy Dibben 📍 Council Chamber ⌚️ 4 PM, 9th Jan Rosemary Collier Tom Pope The Organic FarmShop Riverford ORFC

Thrilled to be chairing IPM: Challenges, Opportunities &amp; Synergies tomorrow at #ORFC25! 🐞🪰

Join me and a brilliant panel of experts:
🌟 Rosemary Collier
🌟 Tom Pope
🌟 Andy Dibben
📍 Council Chamber
⌚️ 4 PM, 9th Jan

<a href="/Warwickpestnews/">Rosemary Collier</a> <a href="/ipm_tom/">Tom Pope</a> <a href="/FarmShopOrganic/">The Organic FarmShop</a> <a href="/Riverford/">Riverford</a> <a href="/ORFC/">ORFC</a>
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Join us at #ORFC25 to hear about the progress that is being made to remove peat from plant propagation at multiple scales in the food system 🌱 ⭐️Mary Dimambro ⭐️Emma Restorick ⭐️Audrey Litterick ⭐️Francis Raynes ⭐️Sebastian Kipp 📍Court Room 🕘9am Riverford Innovative Farmers