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9 September 2024

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 […]
6 September 2024

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 […]
4 September 2024

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 […]
28 August 2024

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
3 July 2024

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’: […]
2 July 2024

EFG featured in Crop Production Magazine

“I came to farming from the outside and one thing that immediately struck me was a lack of collaboration. As a result, I helped to establish the recently launched Central […]
19 June 2024

Join us at Groundswell 2024 on June 26 & 27

A note to say that a number of the EFG team and board will be attending Groundswell next week on both the Wednesday and Thursday. Do get in touch if […]
18 June 2024

Farmers Weekly: Farmer co-op partners with Rothamsted to raise water quality

The Environmental Farmers Group (EFG), a co-operative setup to help farmers generate and trade their natural capital, has formed a new partnership with Rothamsted Research, to monitor water quality and […]
10 June 2024

The Environmental Farmers Group aims to restore the UK’s precious chalk streams

Farmers from the EFG have joined forces with Rothamsted Research to help improve river health and deliver other positive environmental outcomes. The partnership helped EFG members in the Wylye catchment […]
15 May 2024

New environmental cooperative set up to help farmers access natural capital markets

The recently launched Central England branch of the Environmental Farmers Group (EFG) offers its members a low-risk, high-value head start in environmental trading. 90 farmers gathered at a packed-out event […]