co2 OFFSETTING

As you can imagine the health of the environment lays close to our hearts at Allison Risebro as we need it to be right to ensure you get the best quality fruits and vegetables on offer.

In partnership with The Woodland Trust we are pleased to let you know we have planted 1200 new trees and 400 shrubs in an effort to reduce our Carbon Footprint...

We can let you know that we've planted a range of species across a parcel of land near Stickford in Lincolnshire, one of UK's growing regions for fresh produce such as carrots and potatoes.

We can let you know, so far, as we plan to do more, we have planted..

150 Aspen

100 Bird Cherry

50 Crab Apple

100 Field Maple

50 Goat Willow

200 Hornbeams

250 Oak

200 Silver Birch

100 Wild Cherry

All of these spices have been recommended to us by The Woodland Trust and to go along with the trees we have also planted out 400 Shrub Species to help the hedgerows

100 Dogwood

100 Hawthorn

100 Hazel

100 Spindle

Long-living native species such as oak and maple are effective at storing carbon dioxide, according to the Woodland Trust. Of course these could grow to be very large so trees such as Hazel, Blackthorn, Crab Apple and Goat Willow were recommended for the smaller spaces, 

As our trees grow they will pull in CO2 through their leaves and convert that into carbohydrates, which they in turn use to grow. So long as our trees live, that carbon stays within it – and trees can live for decades or centuries. 

Our trees are acting as a natural “carbon sink”. 

It's said a typical hardwood tree can absorb as much as 20 kilo of carbon dioxide per year. This means it will sequester approximately 1 tonne of carbon dioxide by the time it reaches 40 years old. One tonne of CO2 does sound is a lot, but according to figures released in 2020 on average, human activity puts about 40 billion tonnes of CO2 into the air each year. 

We all need to do our bit.