Farming
Around 70% of the UK’s land is farmed in some way – so how this land is managed has a big impact on wildlife. Explore our work on food and farming.
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Fund wildlife-friendly farming
By supporting farmers to shift towards regenerative, nature-friendly methods, farming has huge potential to deliver a green rural renewal.
Nature-friendly farming on the Isle of Man
Manx Wildlife Trust have partnered with the Isle of Man Government to deliver a landscape-scale system of farming support across the Crown Dependency.
What happens if there are cuts to nature-friendly farming support?
There is a huge amount riding on the UK Government’s spending review due out in June. Many departments are having their budgets slashed. What if the Defra farm budget - much of which is paying a…
Test your knowledge on nature-friendly farming with our fun quiz!
Test your knowledge on nature-friendly farming with our fun quiz!
Will a new Food Strategy support nature friendly, resilient food and farming?
Farming depends profoundly on nature to deliver safe, sustainable and healthy foods. But the food system beyond the farm gate - the buyers, marketeers, retailers and restaurants – largely drives…
New report reveals that nature-friendly farming budget is inadequate to meet climate and nature targets
- New report reveals that UK Government must significantly increase nature-friendly farming budget to meet climate and nature targets
- RSPB, National Trust and The Wildlife Trusts call…
Secretary of State for the Environment visits Nature Friendly School
Secretary of State for the Environment visits Nature Friendly School
Candidates urged to back nature-friendly farming reform as a key issue in local election
Candidates in the Tiverton and Honiton by-election are being urged to pledge their support for nature-friendly farming reforms, as figures reveal the impact unsustainable farming has had locally…
Nature-friendly farming budget escapes cuts but leaves Defra with important decisions to make
With the details of the Labour Government’s long anticipated Budget now unveiled, The Wildlife Trusts’ Senior Land Use Policy Manager Barnaby Coupe looks at the implications for Defra’s flagship…
Government must reboot nature-friendly farming schemes for food security
As farmers and the agriculture sector prepare to attend the big conferences in Oxford this week, Vicki Hird, strategic lead for agriculture at The Wildlife Trusts, writes, there are concerns about…
A new Vision for Food, Farming, and Nature
With the ever present nature and climate crisis making itself known, a collective of farmers, landowners and environmental charities came together to form a vision for food, farming and nature…