Great Newsome Brewery has launched a range of beers inspired by the butterflies that thrive at the East Yorkshire farm where it is based.
The eight drinks in its Chrysalis range are each named after a species that can be found on the farm, in a bid to highlight measures the brewery is taking to protect and encourage wildlife and reduce its impact on the environment. These include introducing and replanting hedgerows on field boundaries and establishing winter bird feed strips and pollinator and bumble bee strips on areas of the farm where they are most beneficial.
The farm is also improving soil health and capturing carbon by planting cover crops on land that would previously have been left bare during the winter. The cover crops help maintain nutrients in the soil and help the land infiltrate water from heavy rainfall.
