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2 March 2026

Soil, hedges and peat can move a food company's number more than its factory.

Written by Adaeze Okoro5 min

The number

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Soil, hedges and peat can move a food company's number more than its factory.

For a food business the fields often outweigh the factory three to one.

What moves the number

Fertiliser rate and type
Peat soils left drained or rewetted
Trees and hedges counted properly, not optimistically

We measure with growers on the ground, then check it from above.

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Thirty minutes with a consultant. You leave with a rough footprint, the two biggest cuts and what a full pathway would cost.

01Company size

02What you need first

Your call: Pick a size and a service

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Start here

Thirty minutes with a consultant. You leave with a rough footprint, the two biggest cuts and what a full pathway would cost.

01Company size

02What you need first

Your call: Pick a size and a service

Book a baseline callEmail us instead

No cost, no deck. Replies inside one working day.

Sun breaking over a misty field at dawn

Start here

Thirty minutes with a consultant. You leave with a rough footprint, the two biggest cuts and what a full pathway would cost.

01Company size

02What you need first

Your call: Pick a size and a service

Book a baseline callEmail us instead

No cost, no deck. Replies inside one working day.

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