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20 March 2024

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 […]
19 March 2024

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 […]
31 January 2024

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 […]
31 January 2024

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 […]
12 January 2024

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 […]
7 December 2023

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 […]
24 October 2023

EFG BNG approach highlighted in Natural England blog

This blog was originally posted by Natural England How are land managers embracing biodiversity net gain (BNG) while working towards their green strategies? In this guest blog, Digby Sowerby, Operations […]
11 September 2023

EFG holds Fifth Members’ Meeting

Yesterday, EFG held its Fifth Members’ Meeting at Codford Village Hall, Wiltshire. Over 80 people attended the event (also held virtually) with a range of interesting speakers. EFG Chair Rob […]
4 September 2023

EFG farmers lead project to tackle water pollution in the River Wylye

The Wylye Valley Farmer Cluster, based on the River Wylye in Wiltshire are progressing well in their project on testing water pollution. Supported by Environmental Farmers Group, the farmers are […]
17 August 2023

Large-scale farmers’ group is helping developers unlock house building

The Environmental Farmers Group (EFG) has been set up by a group of farmers in Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset to deliver highly assured, co-ordinated environmental projects on a catchment scale. The cooperative […]