<DIV style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><DIV><FONT size="2">How could an Irishman in Nebraska not like this?</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size="2">Just like livestock producers in the western US use mountain in summer and "desert" in winter.<BR></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size="2">Cheers! Jim<BR></FONT></DIV><BR><BR><BR>--- waters-bayer@web.de wrote:<BR><BR>From: Ann Waters-Bayer <waters-bayer@web.de><BR>To: Forum of the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub <pastoralist-hub@dgroups.org>, "CELEP (Coalition for European Lobbies on Eastern African Pastoralism)" <celep-eu@googlegroups.com>, iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu<BR>Cc: "<brendan@burrenlife.com>" <brendan@burrenlife.com>, congella mcguire <cmcguire@clarecoco.ie><BR>Subject: [IYRPsupportgroup] FYI: Event and film on transhumance in Ireland<BR>Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2020 00:06:50 +0200<BR><BR>Dear all,<DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>For those of you interested in pastoralism in Europe, there is an annual festival to celebrate this in Clare County, Ireland, where the Burren Beo livestock-keepers practise transhumance as “winterage”, an old tradition of grazing the highlands in winter, in contrast to moving herds to mountain pastures in summer in the European Alps. There is also a short film about the Burren winterage system on the website promoting the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (<A href="http://www.iyrp.info">www.iyrp.info</A>) - see “<B>Stories from the Landscape - Cattle Drove</B>” at <A href="https://www.iyrp.info/videos/360">https://www.iyrp.info/videos/360</A> as well as on the website for the CELEP pastoralist film festival (<A href="http://www.pastoralistfilmfestival.com/#Films">http://www.pastoralistfilmfestival.com/#Films</A>). .</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>
<DIV style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><SPAN><B><SPAN lang="EN-IE">Burren Winterage School 2020 </SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE"></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE">Oct 21st – Oct 25<SUP>th</SUP></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE"></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><I><SPAN lang="EN-IE">Online
Presentations, Discussions, Farming for Nature Awards, Farm Walks and More</SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE"></SPAN></I></DIV><DIV style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><SPAN lang="EN-IE"><A href="http://www.burrenwinterage.com">www.burrenwinterage.com</A></SPAN></DIV><P><SPAN lang="EN-IE">The
Burren Winterage School, now in its 7<SUP>th</SUP> year, is an annual gathering
of farmers, researchers, students, farm advisors, public officials and
policymakers to share<SPAN> knowledge, experience and
ideas around sustainable farming, particularly on ‘high nature value’ farmland
in Ireland and Europe.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE"></SPAN></P><P><SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE">Brendan Dunford, School Director and Manager of the Burren
Programme noted</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE"> ‘This year’s Burren Winterage School will be
mostly virtual, featuring speakers from Austria, Slovenia, Colombia, Japan,
South Africa, Greece, Finland, USA, UK and Ireland, who will contribute to a
series of on-line presentations and discussions on themes relating to ‘farming
for nature’ and how farming can make a more positive contribution to addressing
our global climate and biodiversity crises.’</SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE"></SPAN></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-IE">James
Rebanks, farmer based in Lake District in northern England and best-selling
author of ‘The Shepherd’s Life’ and the now newly published, ‘English Pastoral
– an inheritance’ will talk about his sustainable and life-enhancing approach
to farming, read excerpts from his books and answer participant questions on
the first evening of the Burren Winterage School on Wed 21<SUP>st</SUP>
October. Earlier that day the focus will be on ‘European Innovation
Partnership’ projects from all over Ireland.</SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE"></SPAN></P><P>Thursday 22<SUP>nd</SUP> Oct will see a focus on the innovative model of
paying farmers for ‘Ecosystem Services’ and will include Professor Allan
Buckwell, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of European Environmental
Affairs (IEEP), looking at ‘<I>Balancing the CAP as a policy for Food and
Agricultural Security’</I>. That evening, <SPAN lang="EN-IE">Rob
Burton, one of the authors of ‘</SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE"><A href="https://eur05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fpublication%2F343320870_The_Good_Farmer_Culture_and_Identity_in_Food_and_Agriculture&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc7e688aa6c0840c5c95908d85a897eaf%7Cfdb554d88ae2440f8b74b50494a4888f%7C0%7C0%7C637358893870627449&sdata=RfNmm%2BZJDqIaPk96gYyl0EtHWiTeNUcg35F%2BakL3790%3D&reserved=0"><I><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;padding:0cm; background:white;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">The Good Farmer:
Culture and Identity in Food and Agriculture</SPAN></I></A></SPAN><I><SPAN lang="EN-IE">’ </SPAN></I><SPAN lang="EN-IE">will share some of the fascinating
insights from his work. </SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE"></SPAN></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-IE">The
keynote speaker on Friday 23<SUP>rd</SUP> Oct will be Patrick Holden, founder
of the Sustainable Food Trust in the UK, who will share some of his thoughts as
a farmer and campaigner. Earlier that day </SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-US">there will be a chance to hear from<B> </B></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE">Janez <SPAN style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Potočnik</SPAN>,
former EU Environment Commissioner and Chairman of RISE Foundation as part of a
session featuring farming case studies from four continents.</SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE"></SPAN></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-IE">Events
on Saturday 24<SUP>th</SUP> will focus on the farmer’s perspective, with ‘real-life’
walks hosted by a number of Burren farmers who will share their insights and
knowledge into farming for conservation in the Burren. Places are limited on
these walks in line with the current Covid-19 restrictions and booking in
advance is essential through </SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE"><A href="http://www.burrenwinterage.com">www.burrenwinterage.com</A></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE">.
A celebration of the inspiring work being done on a daily basis by farmers
across Ireland to support nature on their land will take place virtually on
Saturday evening in the form of the Annual Farming for Nature Ambassador Awards
presented by journalist and broadcaster Ella McSweeney. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-IE">The
Burren Winterage School is part of the broader Burren Winterage Weekend
festival which also includes additional online events such as the launch of a
new winterage-themed children’s book, a Burren animal themed art workshop and a
Burren farming family quiz. The annual Cattle Drive – whereby a Burren farm
family bring their herd to the hills as part of an ancient farming tradition,
will be a closed event this year, but will be broadcast virtually on Sunday 25<SUP>th</SUP>
of October. </SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE"></SPAN></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-IE">Programme
details and registration links for all the events of the Burren Winterage
School and Burren Winterage Weekend are available on </SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE"><A href="http://www.burrenwinterage.com">www.burrenwinterage.com</A></SPAN></P><P><SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE">The Burren Winterage School is coordinated by the Burrenbeo Trust,
an independent landscape charity, and made possible with the support of the
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-IE"></SPAN></P>
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