Campaign for the Farmed Environment
What is the Campaign for the Farmed Environment?
Farmers care for the land they farm and know that a healthy environment is essential for sustainable farming.
In order to retain and exceed the environmental benefits that used to be provided by set aside, all the leading farming organisations are now working together to encourage farmers and land managers to voluntarily adopt important land management practices that will benefit the environment.
Taking part is easy - you can support the Campaign by doing the following:
If you are not in ELS join the scheme and choose some key in-field options.
If your ELS agreement is coming up for renewal please renew it. In order to achieve your points take up in-field options such as sowing pollen and nectar or wild bird seed mixtures. These can be located on areas like field corners or wet holes.
Retain your former set-aside and any other areas of uncropped land and record these on your Annual Defra June survey returns.
Put areas outside of ELS into a Campaign voluntary measure, such as productive land or just difficult places to cultivate, drill or spray.
Throughout the Campaign you will be offered the best possible advice and guidance on how to retain and increase the environmental benefits provided by your farmland. The Campaign does not involve any regulation and in many cases can provide a financial incentive through Entry Level Stewardship (ELS).
The Campaign unites key industry stakeholders - the NFU, CLA, FWAG, LEAF, AIC, GWCT, AICC and CAAV - who will work in partnership with Defra and its agencies, Natural England and the Environment Agency, as well as the RSPB and other wildlife representatives. Together the partners aim to advise farmers on how they can best retain - and increase - the environmental benefits provided by their farmland in a targeted and agronomically sensible way.
