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TESTING of the River Severn has been carried out by the Maesmawr Group as part of the UK Great WaterBlitz. Over the weekend of September 20-23, 2024 members of the public could sign up to receive a water testing kit and become citizen scientists by testing their local...

THE Maesmawr Group is working with Natural Resources Wales to improve the Upper Severn Catchment area to the benefit of landscape and biodiversity. The Group is applying for funding to continue a range of agri-environmental actions to ensure cleaner water, more...

THERE has been praise for the Maesmawr Group from external evaluators of Welsh Government funding. “Maesmawr have created a unique way of working that can be a model for other areas,” said the assessor from OB3 consultants. “They have harnessed the skill, experience...

THE Maesmawr Group’s chair Roche Davies has presented a range of equipment and other support to local schools and a nursery as part of its education links programme. The farmer-led collaborative project provided help including an outdoor classroom, outdoor climbing...

THE Maesmawr Group was selected as one of the top Social Enterprises in Powys in the county’s prestigious Business Awards. The farmer-led collaboration was chosen as one of the top three innovative community groups in Wales’ largest county. Judges said the Group’s...

CHAIR of the Maesmawr Group Roche Davies has been recognised by Powys County Council for his outstanding contribution to the community. Roche, of Trewythen Farm , was presented with a Silver Kite 2023 award by Council Chair Cllr Beverley Baynham for 58 years of...

MORE than 300 children enjoyed a trip to the prestigious Welsh Sheep 2023 event in Mid Wales yesterday to see how farmers can work with nature, thanks to an upper Severn catchment farming group. The visits of local schools to Red House Farm in Aberhafesp – home of...

A NEW centre to be used by the Maesmawr Group for its events and education programme has been opened near Llanidloes. Members and partners of the farmer-led environmental collaborative in the Upper Severn Catchment held their first meeting at the venue in February....

MEMBERS of the Maesmawr Group have been recognised for their excellent practices and contribution to farming. The Owen family – Huw, Sioned and Dafydd - of Redhouse Farm, Aberhafesp were presented with the trophy for Overall points winners by the Honorary President of...

THE Welsh Sheep 2023 event comes to Mid Wales on Tuesday May 16th 2023 with the biennial event always an important feature of the farming calendar. Hosts are the Maesmawr Group members, the Owen family – Huw, Sioned and Dafydd – of Redhouse Farm, Aberhafesp near...

Almost 400 people visited the stand of our environmental project during the Newtown Food Festival to talk about nature and farming. The Nature and People Working Together project (slogan: Nature and Us), led by the Maesmawr Group of farmers from the Upper Severn...

Farmer and ecologist Sorcha Lewis was guest speaker at a Nature and People Project Steering Group meeting with a presentation on “Nature Friendly Farming”. Sorcha and her husband Brian Lewis are third generation tenant farmers living at Troedrhiwdrain Farm with their...

Eyes in the skies “Satellites are not spies in the skies but tools to enable farmers to observe their existing practices, better use their land and protect their area’s biodiversity”. That was the message from leading expert Professor Richard Lucas at a meeting of the...

"Who knew that?" reflected Powys farmers who attended a workshop and practical sessions led by one of the UK's leading grassland and soil experts. Charlie Morgan, the author of over 60 academic papers including on various trials of different grasses and soil...

A summer holiday Citizen Science event allowed the younger members of farming families to discover the health of local rivers and streams in Powys. Led by ecologist Phil Ward (known as "the bugman"), the children were able to carry out kick-sampling on the Severn and...

A farmer-led community group has launched a project to support the sustainable management of natural resources in the upper Severn catchment of Powys. The project is being supported through the Welsh Government Rural Communities – Rural Development Programme...