Northern Ireland: Simon Best wins Arable Farmer of the Year 2021
NFFN NI’s steering group member, Simon Best, has won this year’s Farmers Weekly Arable Farmer of the Year award. Simon farms at Acton House Farm ne...
Scotland - 'It’s Not The Tree, It’s The How'
Written by: Kirsty Tait, NFFN Sustainable Lead for Northern Ireland Land – we don’t have a huge amount of it in Scotland. We have no vast wildernesses, deserts, or prairies. However, having so little land...
Peatlands - our Amazon rainforest
Written by: Jonathan Pinnick, NFFN Sustainable Lead for Northern Ireland Peatlands are an iconic feature of the Northern Irish landscape. They perform multiple functions, including giving homes to a suite of rare...
England: Farm Visits in October & November
Book a free tour of Strickley Farm, Cannerheugh Farm or Papley Grove Farm. Following our Nature Means Business...
Northern Ireland: Farm Visits in October & November
Book a free farm tour to see Slievenacloy Nature Reserve, Mallon Farm or Portloughan Farm. Following our Nature Means Business...
Cymru: Farm Visits in October
Book a free farm tour to see Glanllyn Farm, Esgairllaethdy Farm, Henfron Farm or conservation grazing on Llanllechid common. Following our Nature Means Business...
Scotland: Farm Visits in October
Book a free farm tour to see Peelham Farm, Balbirnie Home Farms or Williamwood Farm. Following our Nature Means Business...
Q&A with farmer Alywin Pillai - Scotland's newest steering group member
We are delighted to welcome Alywin Pillai to the NFFN Scotland steering group. Alywin is an environmental lawyer and partner in family-run Kinclune Estate and Organic Farm in Angus. We caught up with Alywin to hear more about her...
Conservative Party Conference - The Future of English Farming
A panel discussion with NFFN’s UK Chair, Martin Lines, and Sustain’s Head of Sustainable Farming Campaign, Vicki Hird, at the Conservative Party Conference showed government interest in food and farming at an all-time high with wel...
NFFN's new virtual conference - Nature Means Business
Right now farm businesses are facing a multitude of challenges: climate change, unpredictable weather patterns, changes to future farm payment schemes and adjusting to new consumer demands. But as research shows, farm businesses can improve resili...
