New Coalition to campaign for High Nature Value Farming

6 Jun 2013: The Foundation for Common Land is a member of a coalition of 18 organisations that have written to Owen Paterson MP - the Secretary of State for the... read more

Managing land for carbon

6 Jun 2013: The Lake District National Park has produced a new booklet "Managing Land for Carbon". This booklet aims to help farmers be as carbon... read more

Progress on Natural England's Uplands Delivery Review

31 May 2013: Natural England has been undertaking a review of Uplands evidence and have published their findings.  This is the first of Natural England... read more

Report on Farmer Networks

31 May 2013: This report  was commissioned by the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Its purpose was to understand how existing Farmer Networks operate,... read more

Bracken Control Newsletter

20 May 2013: Asulam is Back (for a while)! Emergency Authorisation comes into effect: The Label and Notice of Authorisation will be available from today, but the... read more

British Farmer & Grower article on common land & the Federation of Cumbria Commoners

9 May 2013: The April 2013 edition of the National Farmers Union magazine British Farmer and Grower has an article about common land and the work of the... read more

Capturing the history of common land

24 Apr 2013: As part of the Building Commons Knowledge Project, historians Professor Angus Winchester and Dr Eleanor Straughton of Lancaster University History... read more

UK Country Report on Farm Animal Genetic Resources 2012

24 Apr 2013: The UK is home to some of the richest and most diverse Farm Animal Genetic Resources in the world, with approximately 700 breeds including cattle,... read more