Watch: Trialling Landscape Recovery agreements in Ashdown Forest
In this film, we visit Ashdown Forest for a test and trial update. We hear from those who worked together to develop a draft Landscape Recovery agreement for the area.
Graham Higgins
Graham is a creative producer and film-maker.
Watch: How the Sustainable Farming Incentive works hand in hand with arable crop production
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A view from the farm, Sustainable Farming Incentive
We went to the Isle of Wight to meet SFI agreement holder Caroline Knox. In this film, Caroline explains how the Sustainable Farming Incentive works hand in hand with commercial maize and rye production on her farm.
Farming podcast: Next steps for environmental land management
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environmental land management schemes, Future Farming Podcast
In this episode, Lisa Warne talks to John Renner and his son, Charlie. John farms on the border of the Northumberland National Park between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Alnwick. Charlie is a farm business consultant and continues to help out on the farm. Lisa gives an update on the growth and rollout of our environmental land management …
Watch: Getting the balance right between farming and nature
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A view from the farm, Sustainable Farming Incentive
This is the third in a series of films exploring how environmental improvements and farming go hand in hand in the Lake District. Local farm facilitator Danny Teasdale talks with auctioneer and Managing Director of The Farmer Network, Adam Day, about the importance of building environmental solutions that fit with farmers’ businesses.
Watch: Farming in protected landscapes in the Lake District
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environmental land management schemes, Payments to restore landscapes and ecosystems
In the second of our series of films from the Lake District, local farm facilitator Danny Teasdale took us to meet Jasmine Holliday. Jasmine is a Farming Officer in the Lake District National Park and she works on the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme. In this video, Jasmine talks about the ambitions of the programme, …
Watch: Sustainable farming in the Lake District
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A view from the farm, environmental land management schemes, Sustainable Farming Incentive
In this film, local farm facilitator Danny Teasdale explains how environmental improvements go hand in hand with food production in the Lake District.
Watch: The North Cumbria Farmers Group test and trial
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A view from the farm, Conversations we're having, environmental land management schemes
Farmers in North Cumbria's Forgotten Lands are working with Natural England and Defra to help shape future environmental land management schemes. In this third video in a series of 3 about the North Cumbria Farmers Group Test and Trial, uplands livestock farmer and local history expert Barbara Smith explains how the group have been mapping …
Watch: Rose, a Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot participant
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Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot, Things we've learned
Rose Nankervis manages Wicca Farm on the north coast of Cornwall. In this video, Rose explains why she decided to take part in the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot.
Watch episode 3: Land management plans and the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot
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A view from the farm, environmental land management schemes, Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot
Through tests and trials, we want to understand the role that land management plans could play in our future schemes. In the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot, we provided farmers with 3 different land management plan templates. Each template was developed through tests and trials. One of these templates was developed by the Growing the Goods test and trial group. …
Watch Episode 2: Land management plans and the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot
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A view from the farm, environmental land management schemes, Farmers, Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot, Ways to get involved
In the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot, we provided farmers with 3 different land management plan templates. Each template was developed through tests and trials. Farmer Martin Hole took part in the Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels test and trial. He explains how the vision for his farm, and the landscape in which he lives, has been …
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