Elm Farm is situated in the small village of Burnett which lies between Bristol and Bath. It is a working farm that is heavily committed to conservation and is in the Countryside Stewardship Scheme which is overseen by Natural England.
The farm is 112 hectares in size and consists of 17 hectares of arable crops, over 6 hectares of woodland and 7 hectares of crops exclusively for the benefit of birds and other wildlife. Many field margins next to hedges or water are preserved for conservation. The remaining grassland is grazed by cattle, sheep and ponies.
No fertilizer is used on the species rich grassland which is managed to encourage insects for the wild birds and bats.
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