00:01We have two farms established.
00:03The first polluted culture trials on farms in Ireland
00:06and we're trialing the different crops that will grow well in wet peat.
00:14Traditionally, farmers would drain the peat and grow things.
00:16That creates all the environmental problems.
00:18We need to see what can grow in wet peat.
00:20So we've set up these two farms and we're growing a range of things,
00:23herbs, vegetables, fruits, materials for horticulture, for building and so on.
00:28And we bring other peatland farmers here
00:31and we show them all the different things that they can grow.
00:36We survey the peatlands for the farmers
00:38and the peatland code gives us indications of the emissions you expect from those areas.
00:43So this is Cutover Woodland.
00:45So predicted emissions from here when it's dry is 12 tonnes of CO2 per hectare per year.
00:50So of course when it's wet, that's 11 to 12 tonnes avoided.
00:53And the kind of assumption is we say it's 100 euros a tonne of CO2.
00:57That's an indicative income stream for that type of habitat.
01:04The technical challenges are it's never been done before.
01:07It's all learning, so we have to try it.
01:09It's unique. A lot of this work has been done in the UK and Europe,
01:12but it's focused on specific plants.
01:14But here we want to give the farmers the options.
01:16So we're trialing a whole range of things up to 20 different varieties of plants and trees here.
01:23Some plants are more difficult than others, so the farmer can pick what they want.
01:28So we've given them the options.
01:29So we've given them the options.
01:30So we've given them the options.
01:35Let's see.
01:36To those of you.
01:39I do think that would happen.
01:42On the end.
01:43And you know what?
01:46Ask the millils.
01:47We can love the melting the virus
01:48Then give them theses.
01:49Only the food.
01:50It's true.
01:52Neither.
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