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Date: 05/07/2025

Let’s Rethink Overgrazing: It's Not Just About Numbers

Overgrazing isn’t about how many horses you keep—it’s about how you manage their access to the land. With small shifts in grazing patterns, we can break the spiral of soil compaction and weed dominance and build a resilient system that benefits horses, pastures, and people alike. It’s not about doing more—it’s about doing different. Want a more visual hook for Instagram or a carousel intro? I’d be happy to craft one!

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Date: 04/07/2025

Hay for Horses: What Good Hay Really Looks Like

What makes hay truly good for horses? It’s not just about timing or yield—it’s about species diversity, soil health, and matching forage to your horse’s physiology. This guide explores how fibre drives satiety, why sugar-rich grazing can lead to laminitis, and how to test hay for nutritional balance. Learn how to feed from the ground up—through whole foods, regenerative practices, and a deeper understanding of what’s really in your feed bucket.

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Date: 23/05/2025

Weeds Are Nature's Messengers—Are We Listening?

Weeds don’t invade at random—they emerge in response to soil stress, compaction, or nutrient imbalance. By observing what’s growing and where, we can decode what the land is asking for. Rather than battling them with chemicals, it’s time to shift the conversation: let’s listen, adjust our grazing, and work with nature to restore balance.

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Date: 23/05/2025

Frequently Asked Questions about Switch Equine

At Switch Equine, we go beyond tracks and tidy paddocks—we design systems where horses and habitats thrive together. From understanding how weeds can guide your grazing choices to exploring nature-based finance for your land, our FAQ covers some of the most common questions we receive, and the thoughtful, ecological principles behind our work.

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Date: 05/05/2025

Grazing Strategies: Sheep, Deer, Horses, and Cattle in Conservation Management

Different grazing animals shape landscapes in unique ways, influencing vegetation composition, biodiversity, and soil health. Understanding how their grazing strategies, movement behaviours, and hoof morphology interact with the land is crucial for conservation grazing efforts.

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Date: 02/05/2025

The Hidden Costs of Glyphosate

What are the hidden costs of glyphosate? How is it impacting our health, our horses health and our environmental health? And why is it still just so prolifically?

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Date: 12/04/2025

What is soil and why should we care?

Modern land management practices have disrupted the delicate balance of our living soils. Intensive grazing, overuse of chemical fertilisers, herbicides, and pesticides have decimated the natural microbial communities—especially the mycorrhizal fungi that form vital underground nutrient-exchange networks with plants. When synthetic inputs replace natural processes, we lose the very life that sustains soil structure and fertility. Investing in soil health is one of our most effective strategies for climate resilience.

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Date: 04/04/2025

Switch Equine Featured in CIEEM's InPractice Magazine

Exciting News! Switch Equine Featured in CIEEM's InPractice Magazine! I'm absolutely thrilled to share some exciting news for Switch Equine! Our work highlighting the positive impact of horses on the environment has been featured in the latest (March 2025) issue of InPractice Magazine!

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Date: 07/03/2025

meet the team: our animals and their roles at switch equine

At Switch Equine, we believe that our animals are at the heart of everything we do. They not only inspire us but also play vital roles in shaping the way we approach equine welfare, land management, and animal care. We rescue and care for animals in need, providing them with the love, respect, and environment they deserve. Here’s an introduction to our current and past animal family, each one contributing to the success and heart of our work.

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Date: 07/03/2025

who we are: switch equine’s mission to blend equine care with environmental sustainability

Laura has a passion for horses and brings extensive academic qualifications with a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology, a Master of Research in Evolutionary and Behavioural Biology, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Equine Science. She is also a Chartered Environmentalist.

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