Farming

Paludi4All Stakeholder Workshop on Sphagnum Cultivation: Oldenberg, Germany, September 30 – October 1

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European wetlands

Save the date: Paludi4All Stakeholder Workshop on Sphagnum Cultivation Our sister project, Paludi4All, is excited to invite you to their fifth and final in-person workshop of 2026, which is taking place 30 September–1 October in Oldenburg, Germany. Over two days, attendees will explore how sphagnum cultivation combines biomass production with real climate and environmental benefits: … Read more

Watch: from peatlands to markets — and the people making it happen

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The Palus Demos pictured at Wright Farm, Lancashire, the United Kingdom

This week, the Palus Demos team – farmers, industry partners, researchers and policymakers – are gathered in Manchester this week for our third partner meeting. To coincide with it, we are launching the Palus Demos YouTube channel — and we’ve put together a 10-minute video, introducing just some of our partners across farming, industry, academia … Read more

Another successful typha harvest for Palus Demos

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Typha being harvested in Manchester

Typha at Burkmeer: Harvesting a Paludiculture Pioneer Typha, also known as bulrush or cattail, is one of the main paludiculture crops being trialled by Palus Demos. A versatile and sustainable plant, typha has significant potential as a material for both construction and textiles. At Burkmeer, just outside Amsterdam, one of our project partners is growing … Read more

Our Research, Your Toolkit: Paludiculture Findings Open to All

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Typha being harvested on a sunny day in The Netherlands, using specialized machinery.

Here at Palus Demos, we’re all about empowering farmers and industry with the transition to paludiculure. That’s why we work closely with our two sister projects, PaluWise and Paludi4All. PaluWise is using four large-scale demonstration sites to build the evidence base for advanced, production-focused solutions for the sustainable use of rewetted degraded peatlands, while Paludi4All … Read more

Two projects, one mission: Making wet farming work

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Patch of peatland with a waterway running through it

Palus Demos isn’t working alone – we’re part of a wider network of paludiculture and peatland projects across Europe. Our sister paludiculture project PaluWise is a Horizon Europe-funded initiative dedicated to accelerating the large-scale transition to paludiculture – the productive use of wet and rewetted peatlands. While traditional peatland management often relies on drainage (which … Read more

Palus Demos launches new interactive site maps

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Palus Demos site maps image

Paludiculture offers many options for farmers and industry. That’s why, on our 13 sites across the UK, The Netherlands and Ireland, we are trialling different crops and land uses, including typha, food and carbon farming. We’ve just launched an interactive map of these sites. This allows anyone to click on an icon and learn more … Read more

Tackling peat subsidence and emissions

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Boots on the ground: at a Dutch polder

Across the world, some peat meadows are subsiding. How can we stop this? Earlier this month, researchers from Palus Demos met at the Palus Demos satellite location in Hegewarren, where related research activities are taking place as part of the overarching Palus Demos project. Adriaan Hellemans, work package (WP) leader for WP1: Developing Paludiculture Demonstrators, … Read more