News Archive
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Hampshire Avon Members’ Meeting: June 2025 Update
On Monday 16 June, EFG hosted the latest Hampshire Avon Members’ Meeting to share key updates. There was a good turnout at West Barn Lodge, Fovant, for an early Monday […]
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Government consultation on Biodiversity Net Gain
A government consultation has opened to explore the potential for easing Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements for the developers of ‘small sites’. These currently account for around three-quarters of residential […]
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EFG Upcoming Events
North Dyson Strawberry Production Tour 30th June, 15:00 Carrington, Lincolnshire. We will be hosting a tour at the Dyson Carrington site, which includes 26 acres of glasshouses, producing 1,250 tonnes […]
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EFG Quarterly Update, May 2025
We’re pleased to provide some headline updates of EFG activity from the past few months. Major phosphate supply registered EFG Member Longford Estate has successfully registered a significant phosphate mitigation […]
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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 […]
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2025 membership window open
As of 1 April, the 2025 membership window is now open to become an EFG 2025 member. Those who have expressed an expression of interest (EoI) who would now like […]
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EFG feeds back to EFRA Committee
Today, Environmental Farmers Group joined Peakland Environmental Farmers and Natural Capital Advisory to give some key messages to an EFRA Committee event held in Westminster on the Land Use Framework. The main messages that […]
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EFG offers solutions for Humber businesses
Split into regional areas, EFG offers a Membership of progressive farmers who are signed up to deliver EFG’s environmental objectives by trading natural capital through a professional single point of […]
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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 […]