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Weatherproof Your Farm
About Are you dealing with pasture lying wet through bad winters, or drying out too quickly in dry spells? Are you experiencing poaching? Do you struggle with burning-off, or grass growth dropping away mid-season? Do you want to grow more grass with less fertiliser? Are you struggling with compaction? Then come along to our pub gathering…
Read MoreLearning to Read the Land: Jude’s Reflections on a Tracking Course
Jude, 17, was supported by the Leven Catchment Collective to take part in the 3 day animal tracking course this August with the Wilderness Folk School (www.folkschool.uk). By Jude When I heard I was going on the course, I thought “that seems like a lot of fun! And I could learn something.” I spend a…
Read MoreOpportunity – Two Artist Micro Commissions
Think Like a Catchment Commission fee: £580Presentation: Saturday 17 October 2026 As part of the Forth Rivers Trust Artist in Residency programme, exploring our relationship with the Leven Catchment, we are inviting two artists and creative practitioners who live or work within the catchment to each respond to the ideas emerging from the residency so…
Read MoreArtist in Residence: Think Like a Catchment
Before this residency, I had never really thought about a catchment. I knew rivers as individual places. I knew landscapes through neighbourhoods, parks, coastlines and hills disconnected experiences perhaps. But a catchment asks us to think differently. It ignores the boundaries we create and instead follows the movement of water, connecting places that might otherwise…
Read MoreFancy the Scottish Sustainable Agricultural Conference on us?
We are offering financial support for farmers in the Leven Catchment to join the conference. Funding is available on a first come, first served basis! About the Conference On 1 October, the Scottish Sustainable Agriculture Conference will bring together farmers, crofters, landowners and industry professionals from across Scotland to share practical ideas, experiences and knowledge…
Read MoreFancy Groundswell on us?
We are offering five farms in the Leven Catchment a free place at Groundswell this July – the UK’s biggest festival on resilient and sustainable farming. Read on to find out more about Groundswell and this opportunity. More About Groundswell Every year, thousands of farmers and industry professionals gather at Lannock Farm near Stevenage for Groundswell to connect, share…
Read MoreGetting More From Grazing: An Eventful Day
On February 17th, Forth Rivers Trust co-facilitated with Pasture for Life a Getting More From Grazing farm event hosted at Balbirnie Home Farms in Fife. The event brought together local farmers and land managers through the Leven Catchment Farmer Network and those not in the network but interested in learning more about adaptive grazing management systems. Learning more about…
Read MoreLeven Catchment Farmer Network Launch
The Leven Catchment Farmer Network brings together farmers, land managers, and landowners within the Leven Catchment to share experiences, learn from each other, and collaborate on practical topics and projects like soil health, water management, crop rotations, fertiliser use, and more to support thriving farm businesses and landholdings. In mid-November 2025 the Leven Catchment Farmer Network meeting brought together local farmers at Loch Leven’s…
Read MoreCo-Designing our Community Springboard
The Community Springboard brings together local initiatives focused on nature access, connection, restoration, biodiversity, and wellbeing across the Leven Catchment. Its goal is to support these groups by sharing knowledge, tackling challenges, and helping ideas and projects flourish. We kicked off the Springboard on Sunday 12 October, bringing together seven community members involved in nature-based…
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