News

• 1 September 2022

  The EFG welcomes new members of the support team

  We are very pleased to announce that Natural Capital Advisory Ltd (NCA) has recruited two new team members to help deliver EFG’s growth. Digby Sowerby joins NCA as Operations Officer […]

• 22 July 2022

  Farmers Weekly: Cluster farmer models hold key to future ‘green’ income

• 1 July 2022

  NFU President and EFG member champions the benefits of the group at Groundswell

  At the recent regenerative agriculture show, Groundswell, Minette Batters took part in a debate on policy with Secretary of State George Eustice. The debate was chaired by Baroness Rosie Boycott […]

• 13 May 2022

  Farmers Weekly: Farmers join group to trade natural capital credits

• 7 May 2022

  Farmers Weekly: Co-op launched to trade ‘natural capital’ in River Avon catchment

• 6 May 2022

  Farmers Guardian: Farmers launch first environmental co-operative

  The Environmental Farmers Group (EFG) will cover 40,000ha of farmland in the Avon Valley in Hampshire, and focus on delivering environmental public goods at a landscape scale, as well as […]

• 5 May 2022

  Nutrient Neutrality: Our letter to The Times

  Sir, You report that a directive from Natural England demanding ‘nutrient neutrality’ or no net increase in river pollution by nitrates and phosphates as a result of housing development has […]

• 3 May 2022

  EFG on Farming Today

  Our lead farmer Robert Shepherd and Teresa Dent, GWCT Chief Executive, both appeared on BBC Farming Today on Radio 4 this morning. If you missed it, you can listen on […]

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  3 May 2022

  Biodiversity recovery, clean water in the River Avon, and net zero farming by 2040 – new Environmental Farmers Group sets out its bold ambitions

  Nature will be protected and enhanced on an unprecedented scale, with the formation of a pioneering new landscape-scale partnership of farmers in the Hampshire Avon Valley. Expected to cover over […]

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  27 April 2022

  Podcast: What is the EFG?

  Lead Farmer Robert Shepherd explains the Environmental Farmers Group’s ambitions and what it hopes to achieve for farmers and the environment in the Avon Valley.