Maximino Portaña and his son Alejandro have a meat sheep farm with around 700 heads of Rasa Aragonesa sheep, located in the Aragonese Pyrenees near Jaca (Huesca, Spain), and included within the Cooperative OVIARAGON. They manage the natural meadows...
During the 7th Steering Comittee, the Life Green Sheep team visited the NEIKER experimental farm and discovered diverse and innovative practices, including: Regenerative Grazing: Implementation of planned rotational practices to enhance soil health and fertility, grass production and carbon sequestration....
Ireland is nearly 400% self-sufficient in sheep meat production, and more than 80% of sheep meat produced is exported. Sheep farming contributes to economic, environmental and social sustainability in rural areas where land usage options are limited. Globaly sheep...
During the 7th Steering Comittee, the LIFE Green Sheep team had the chance to discover a typical cheese farm from the Basque Country. Iker is a young breeder (22 years-old) and cheese maker, who continues the activity from his...
Vitoria-Gasteiz, April 17, 2024. In this 3rd year of the project, the 7th Steering Committee took place in Spain, in the facilities of Neiker, the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country). The opportunity for...
A diversity of systems To date, 90% of the environmental assessments of the demonstrative farms has been carried out by the different project partner countries. The data base includes 373 dairy farms, mainly with semi-extensive rearing systems, and 846...
Ahead of the Provinlait Show which took place in Requista on April 24 and 25, the Life GreenSheep project offered a visit to an innovative breeding facility, located nearby, on Tuesday April 23, in partnership with the UNOTEC cooperative...
The 20th of November, was held a european webinar : Overall presentation of the project LIFE Green Sheep Harmonization and comparison of methodologies and farm evaluation tools First results from the farm observatory & mitigation actions on farms Round...
The 20th of November, was held a european webinar presenting the main results of the project. A round table gave crossed view of the partners on different topics. To finish with this round table, could each of you say...
The 20th of November, was held a european webinar presenting the main results of the project. A round table gave crossed view of the partners on different topics. At the contrary, did you encounter difficulties to motivates farmers and...
