Minister sets out plans to help Welsh nature thrive

2 Oct 2014: John Griffiths, Minister for Natural Resources, has set out new plans to enhance and build the resilience of Welsh wildlife and habitats. The... read more

Good News for Commons as Defra continues to allow "dual use"

29 Sep 2014: Defra Ministers have decided to maintain their current policy of allowing ‘dual-use’ arrangements for all existing Environmental... read more

Results - Lake District Futures project

15 Sep 2014: Dom Hall, a MSc student at Imperial College, London interviewed 1044 members of the public about the future of the Lake District. They were asked to... read more

Defra issue second CAP reform factsheet

19 Aug 2014: The latest information about new CAP schemes in England, including more details about greening, crop diversification and Ecological Focus Areas is... read more

The Foundation is to extend our successfull hill farming training to Wales and Scotland

18 Jul 2014: Great news - our application for funding to the Prince's Countryside Fund to extend our hill farming training scheme to Wales and Scotland has... read more

Julia Aglionby, our Executive Director is appointed to Board of Natural England

8 Jul 2014: We are very pleased to announce that Julia Aglionby, our Executive Director has been appointed as a member of the Board of Natural England. ... read more

New TB regulations for cattle grazing on common land

30 Jun 2014: From 1 July 2014, cattle grazing on common land, in those parts of England (1) where annual herd TB tests are currently required, will be subject to... read more

Irish Commonage Workshop May 2014

24 Jun 2014: An Open Forum Discussion at the Uplands Community Partnership Conference in late May 2014 looked at tradtional extensive farming practices and... read more