Nature Friendly Farming Network

Waitrose announces partnership with Land App to boost nature-friendly farming

Biodiversity

Waitrose announces partnership with Land App to boost nature-friendly farming

New collaboration aims to assess the state of nature on all Waitrose's own-brand farms by 2026

clock 29 January 2025 • 3 min read
Budget: Farmers and green groups weigh up 'mixed bag' for food and nature

Biodiversity

Budget: Farmers and green groups weigh up 'mixed bag' for food and nature

Government budget for nature-friendly farming schemes has been protected next year, but questions over longer term funding must be addressed sooner rather than later, experts warn

clock 31 October 2024 • 9 min read
'Harbinger of things to come': Wet winter could hit UK harvests by a fifth

Climate change

'Harbinger of things to come': Wet winter could hit UK harvests by a fifth

UK production of wheat, barley, oats, and oilseed rape forecast to fall significantly in 2024 following one of the wettest winters on record, ECIU warns

clock 29 April 2024 • 4 min read

Policy

Report: UK farmers must align practices with climate-friendly future or face collapse

New study from the Nature Friendly Farming Network draws on evidence from 43 farms to warns sector is at risk of wave of bankruptcies unless practices change

clock 08 October 2020 • 4 min read

Carbon Accounting

Carbon charging is a huge cost opportunity for UK agriculture

Farmer Martin Lines, chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, puts forward the case for a robust payment framework to incentivise carbon sequestration in UK agriculture

clock 21 September 2020 • 4 min read