Common Land Coaltion seeks implementation of the 2006 Commons Act

29 Oct 2012: A group on 16 diverse countryside bodies concerned about the future of English Common Land have jointly written to Minister, Richard Benyon,... read more

Chairman of the Foundation has been appointed as the first Director of the National Centre for the Uplands

29 Oct 2012: Askham Bryan College has appointed Julia Aglionby as the first Director of the National Centre for the Uplands to drive forward the College's... read more

Challenges Facing Farmers: A report into upland farming and farming families in Teesdale

29 Oct 2012: Ensuring the viability of upland farmers, so that they can continue as producers of food and stewards of these valuable natural resources has been an... read more

Latest edition of La Cañada is out

29 Oct 2012: The contents of the latest edition of La Cañada include: ‘Greening’ the CAP for permanent pastures Butterfly... read more

New edition of Pastoralism journal available on-line

11 Oct 2012: The articles in this Special Issue report from five continents, and tell different stories in each case, but all are thorough in their analysis of... read more

Hill Farming Training successful 'dry run' day

27 Sep 2012: Last week we held a very successful  'dry run' of our Day 1 programme for the Hill Farming  Training scheme.  The purpose of... read more

DEFRA pledges £680m to rural development

27 Sep 2012: The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published its Rural Statement, billed as ‘a contract to give rural... read more

New revised edition of a Common Purpose guide is out

31 Aug 2012: Millions of people have a stake in common land.  There are 7,000 commons in England covering nearly 400,000 ha, ranging from the highest... read more