Author: Olly Dean

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    EFG joins Ministerial visit to Allerton Project

    EFG Chairman Rob Shepherd and Tom Vacher of Natural Capital Advisory joined the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust in welcoming Defra ministers Daniel Zeichner and Mary Creagh to the GWCT […]

  • Thumbnail for the post titled: Environmental Farmers Group delivers landmark nutrient offset opportunity

    Environmental Farmers Group delivers landmark nutrient offset opportunity

    EFG Member, the Longford Estate, has delivered one of the largest nutrient mitigation projects in the Hampshire Avon river catchment. It will provide much needed phosphate credits to unlock the […]

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    A buzz of optimism at EFG National AGM

    Glorious sunshine welcomed over 70 farmers to Upper Cranbourne Farm, near Winchester, on 6 February for our first National AGM. EFG Chairman Rob Shepherd kicked off the meeting with an […]

  • Thumbnail for the post titled: EFG launches Knowledge Hub

    EFG launches Knowledge Hub

    EFG is pleased to announce the launch of its ‘EFG Knowledge Hub’. In collaboration with the GWCT Allerton Project with funding from the Golden Bottle Trust, we will be bringing […]

  • Thumbnail for the post titled: Farmers Weekly: Joining forces brings environment rewards for farmer groups

    Farmers Weekly: Joining forces brings environment rewards for farmer groups

    Neighbouring or like-minded farmers working together to protect nature and deliver for the environment are achieving more through their collective actions.  From community interest companies and cluster groups, to farmer […]

  • 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 […]

  • EFG on BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today Programme

    Listen to Central England Chairman, Johnny Wake, and EFG Director, Teresa Dent CBE on BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today Programme (4m55s to 8m55s) Farming Today – 04/09/24 – NI water […]

  • EFG on The Farming Programme

    A new gizmo to keep your tractor on the straight and narrow. A new environmental farmers group comes to Lincolnshire. And a Lincolnshire yield record breaker ! https://hellorayo.co.uk/podcasts/farming-programme/id-2222271

  • EFG featured in Country Life Magazine

    The future hope, via the Environmental Farmers Group, is to work together on a national scale. Pockets of greatness are absolutely useless to Nature. ‘These small efforts are so important’: […]