The benefits for both Farmers and Organisations seeking trades share much in common, and form the strength of EFG. Both sides match each other well in a transparent marketplace.
Why would you as a farmer or landowner think of joining EFG?
- It’s your land – control and improve its environmental future on a large scale
- By working together at a large landscape scale, you can achieve ambitious environmental outcomes
- Use the power of a group to negotiate and improve environmental trades
- Create a single point of contact and a brand to market your environmental benefits
- Increase opportunities to make contact with trade-seekers
- Remove duplication of effort in understanding new trading markets
- Keep control of your existing E/HLS, CSS and future ELM schemes
- Facilitates larger-scale thinking if desired
- Enjoy accelerated news of developments
- Control of shared income via an agreed model
Advantages for the developer, local authority, business/commercial entity, finance house of dealing with EFG
- Deal with recognised counter-party
- Secure farmer-led environmental credentials
- Enjoy convenience of a single contact to discuss multiple trades
- Access your scale from the outset: individual farmer, Farmer Cluster or catchment
- Backed by science-led conservation charity Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
- Recognise solid governance with transparent operating rules