biodiversity

"Intensive farming, with its reliance on artificial nitrogen, vanishing peat and corrupting the soil, will not see many more tomorrows. It is literally unsustainable"

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

It includes a 2 metre buffer strip and a hedgerow cutting ban from March 1 to August 31

Lower Pertwood Farm is a 2,800 acre arable unit in Hindon, Wiltshire

Public sector professionals came together last week (March 20) at Love British Food’s ‘Public Sector Influencer’ event

A recent survey conducted as part of a combined ABP and Asda initiative, highlights the beneficial work that British farmers are accomplishing to boost farmland biodiversity

Work to boost species numbers has been hailed sucess as hundreds sign-up to Operation Turtle Dove

As the first farmer to grow and sell Wildflower Turf to customers nationwide, James Hewetson-Brown was excited about the prospect of growers being rewarded fairly for improving biodiversity on their farms

The report recommended the Government to fund the widespread, standardised testing of soil through its Environmental Land Management schemes and to work with industry on an agreed set of metrics of soil health by next year

The chief executive of Organic Farmers & Growers believed organic growers could receive up to a 50 per cent increase compared to historic BPS rates