Record-breaking rainfall and a changing climate convinced Leicestershire farmer Rachael Spence that she needed to find a way to combat flooding and improve her soil. The answer? Planting more trees, which have helped reduce flood risk and future-proof her land and business.
‘In the last five years we’ve noticed a huge difference,’ says Rachael Spence, who manages 100 acres of land, growing grass and grazing horses on her farm in Leicestershire. Extreme…