Farmers care for the land they farm and know that a healthy environment is essential for sustainable farming.
However, since the loss of set-aside there have been concerns about the management of land to efficiently produce food and its impact on the environment.
Sir Don Curry’s High Level Set Aside Group (HLSAG) commissioned a range of studies to consider the benefits of former set-aside and ultimately what our farmed environment stood to lose if no environmental solution were to take its place.
For more on HLSAG use the link on the left hand side of this page.
The upshot was to introduce a scheme that would see 6 per cent of arable land taken out of production. This land would further have to be managed to benefit the environment, in addition to any other work undertaken through agri-environmental schemes.
In response, the CLA and NFU, with the support of industry leaders and environmental organisations pulled together to create a voluntary alternative - the Campaign for the Farmed Environment.
The Campaign aims to pull together the huge amount of work that farmers and land managers already do to encourage wildlife, to benefit soil and water resources and support farmland birds. It promotes existing stewardship schemes and encourages voluntary management that will benefit the environment, whilst ensuring efficient and profitable food production.
To find out more about what has been achieved since the launch of the Campaign read the reports below:
Annual Report (July 2010)
Interim Report (December 2010)
September 2010
October 2010 February Report 2011
March Report 2011
Annual Report (July 2011)
Interim Report (December 2011)
Campaign for the Farmed Environment Partners
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