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Events for next generation farmers in the Lake District
Meetings for young and new entrants to farming The Farmer Network, in partnership with the Lake District National Park Authority and the National Trust is organising two events for those starting or developing a farming business in the Lake District. Dates and venues...
Read our winter newsletter
Our winter newsletter is now available for all to download here "Winter spring 22 final" In these fast-moving times we are committed to keeping our members up-to-date with all the changes around Defra's plans for new support schemes to agriculture. The main focus of...
Event: AGM and Conference: carbon on commons
You are cordially invited to attend our AGM and Conference on Friday March 4th: 2pm The Hired Lad, Penrith Auction Mart CA11 0DN Along with the face-to-face meeting we are offering members to opportunity to attend via Zoom. We will be monitoring the Covid-19 situation...
EVENT: Getting you common ready for ELM
Getting your Common Ready for ELM - A free event with Food! Sedbergh Peoples Hall: Tuesday 1st March at 1800 You are invited to attend an Evening Event to inform you about Defra's Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes for common land. As ever commons are more...
Watch our conclusions from the Commons Test & Trial and ELM update webinar
If you missed our concluding DEFRA Commons Test and Trial webinar presenting the findings from our 18-month enquiry into what needs to be in place for ELM to work on commons you can watch it here This was the fourth in our series of webinars with the Foundation for...
Watch our “Get ready for ELM SFI 22 Moorland and Rough Grazing” Webinar
If you missed our recent event with the Foundation for Common Land about Defra's Moorland and Rough Grazing Sustainable Farm Incentive (SFI22) you can watch it here Last year (2021) Defra started phasing out the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in England. They are...