Samlesbury: Farm for the future environment workshop

Find out about the environmental opportunities for farm businesses through the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme.

We'll consider some of the opportunities at an individual farm level, with the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Countryside Stewardship (CS) scheme, as well as through a collaborative approach, such as with Landscape Recovery scheme.

This workshop will be led Adam Briggs, NFU North Policy Advisor.

Key topics

• Broader picture: Understand the drivers behind a focus on the environment within agriculture and how English family farms fit into this
• Current and new opportunities: The most up-to-date information available on the Government, and other, schemes such as SFI
• How to engage in new schemes
• Farm level: Practical next steps
• How to understand your environment assets on farm, which could offer opportunities within the new schemes

Refreshments will be provided.

This event is supported by AHDB.

Farm for the Future programme

The Royal Countryside Fund (RCF) is working with Myerscough College to deliver the Farm for the Future programme in Lancashire.

The programme is funded by Defra’s Future Farm Resilience Fund, which is designed to provide business and environmental support to farmers and land managers during the early years of the Agricultural Transition Plan in England.

By engaging in a series of free workshops and individual support with trusted local advisors, Farm for the Future is designed to help you understand more about the agricultural transition and how it will affect your farm business.

The offer includes participation in specially tailored workshops, delivered by well-respected industry experts, as well as an on-farm meeting of up to three hours which will focus on your own individual business needs and can be arranged around the kitchen table.

To sign up to this programme of support please attend this event or email farmernetwork@myerscough.ac.uk