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How SFI is helping a small farm improve profitability and resilience

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Edward Earnshaw is a third-generation farmer in Gloucestershire.

In this video, Edward explains how Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) actions are helping his small family farm streamline management, cut input costs, and boost profitability while delivering environmental benefits.

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  1. Comment by Richard Watson posted on

    Great to see. That short video demonstrates how farming and nature are not in conflict; on the contrary, they depend upon one another. We need good quality, sustainably-produced food, but we also need the healthy natural ecosystems upon which farming relies.

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