England’s chalk streams are among the rarest freshwater habitats on Earth, and farmers have a critical role to play in restoring them. EFG is proud to support a new partnership between the Winchester Downs Farmers Cluster (WDC) and the Upper Itchen Restoration Community Interest Company (UIR CIC), bringing together land managers and local citizen scientists …
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This year’s festival was another brilliant two days of conversations, ideas, and connections across the regenerative farming and natural capital community (and great to watch an England win on the big screen!). EFG did not have a stand this year but Digby Sowerby (EFG Managing Director) and Tom Vacher (NCA Commercial Officer) attended to meet …
EFG’s Soil Carbon event was attended by over 50 EFG farmers last night at Fonthill Farms, EFG Update (Digby Sowerby, EFG Managing Director) Digby opened with an update of EFG progress, covering EFG’s current activity in BNG, nutrient mitigation, and soil carbon markets. Digby determined the reasons why working with EFG on soil carbon is worth considering: Both of EFG’s recommended providers, Ecometric and Regenerate Outcomes, adopt a …
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After a long period of uncertainty, HMRC has published clear guidance on how payments from ecosystem service markets will be taxed. If you’re involved in, or thinking about, Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), nutrient credits, woodland carbon or peatland carbon, here’s what you need to know. What’s Covered? The guidance covers four schemes: BNG, nutrient neutrality, the Woodland Carbon Code and the Peatland Code. …
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