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EFG Chair nominated for Farmers Weekly Game Changers Award
Rob Shepherd, chairman of the Environmental Farmers Group (EFG), has been nominated for our special Game Changers Award, which will be announced at Farmers Weekly Awards on 3 October 2024. In an […]
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Join us at Groundswell 2024 on June 26 & 27
A note to say that a number of the EFG team and board will be attending Groundswell next week on both the Wednesday and Thursday. Do get in touch if […]
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The Environmental Farmers Group aims to restore the UK’s precious chalk streams
Farmers from the EFG have joined forces with Rothamsted Research to help improve river health and deliver other positive environmental outcomes. The partnership helped EFG members in the Wylye catchment […]
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New environmental cooperative set up to help farmers access natural capital markets
The recently launched Central England branch of the Environmental Farmers Group (EFG) offers its members a low-risk, high-value head start in environmental trading. 90 farmers gathered at a packed-out event […]
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Environmental Farmers Group expands to Central England
The Environmental Farmers Group has launched its latest and largest equalisation cell including catchments in Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Over 170 farmers gathered at the Allerton Project […]
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EFG is recruiting!
Spring is here and EFG is looking for someone to join the team as Local Officer, based in our Test & Itchen and Hampshire Avon areas. Please see the below […]
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The Big Farmland Bird Count needs your help and ‘the rewards are immeasurable’
“Sitting with some of the farmers’ children and pointing out birds to them is so rewarding. Building friendships with the farmers and their families is great and having an open […]
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GWCT CEO Teresa Dent outlines ‘transformational’ farm initiative in Environmental Audit Committee evidence session
On Wednesday 24 January, Teresa Dent CBE was on a panel of experts giving their witness statements about the role of natural capital in the green economy. Teresa joined Minette […]
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GFI launches toolkit
EFG is happy to share news from the Green Finance Institute that today it has published a first-of-its-kind toolkit, developed in collaboration with over 100 farmers, for farmers. Its aim is to […]
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Expanding environmental farmers’ cooperatives now cover over 580,000 acres, 2.9% of England’s farmed area
The Environmental Farmers Group (EFG), Peakland Environmental Farmers (PEF) and Swaledale & Wensleydale Environmental Farmers (SWEF) now represent 469 land managers with three shared objectives of carbon neutrality, biodiversity recovery and cleaner […]