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Martin Lines, chief executive of the Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN), said: “The OEP’s assessment is a timely reminder that ambitious nature-friendly farming schemes are absolutely ...
Jenna Hegarty, head of policy at the Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN), said the decision was "long overdue". The current application for emergency use authorisation is for Cruiser SB, a ...
The Nature Friendly Farming Network says unhealthy diets are contributing to the nature and climate emergency in the UK.
The farm is also an example of an organic farm that does not use pesticides or herbicides and actively develops the farmland for native species of farmland birds, wildflowers and animals. The farm also allows visits at lambing time, farm walks, and open days. It is a member of the Nature Friendly Farming Network. [39] [40]
The Wildlife Trusts and WWF are among numerous bodies who have signed a letter to Environment Secretary Steve Reed raising their concerns.
Animal-free farming may use organic or non-organic farming methods. However, most detailed discussions of animal-free agriculture currently focus on animal-free organic variants. [ 4 ] In the European Union, farmers have a financial incentive to use manure instead of animal-free fertilisers, since manure is subsidised.
Organic farming is often presented as a more biodiversity-friendly practice, but the generality of the beneficial effects of organic farming is debated as the effects appear often species- and context-dependent, and current research has highlighted the need to quantify the relative effects of local- and landscape-scale management on farmland ...
Farmers can get grants for planting and maintaining trees on agricultural land including the new nature-friendly farming scheme that is replacing old EU-era subsidies and woodland creation grants ...