This event, hosted by Jo Coates and Dan Stephenson on their farm in the Yorkshire Dales, is an exciting collaboration with the Nature Friendly Farming Network and Pasture for Life, and will focus on what’s working on the ground and how different types of support can come together on your farm.

The event will include a farm walk, touching on work supported through Farming in Protected Landscapes, alongside opportunities to discuss grazing strategies, funding, woodland and landscape planning, and farmer-to-farmer learning. There will be plenty of time for informal conversations, questions, and sharing ideas you can take home.

Timetable

10:30 – Arrival Tea, coffee & biscuits in the barn

11:00 – Welcome Introduction and overview of the farm

11:15 – Farm Walk & Talk

12:00 – Advice & Discussion Tables

Drop-in conversations on:

• Nature Friendly Farming peer support

• Pasture for Life grazing

• FiPL funding & applications

• Woodland & landscape planning

• Bring your farm map or questions

13:00 – Lunch - hot rolls

14:15 – Group share & contacts

14:30 – Finish

What to bring

• Wellies

• Waterproofs

• Your questions

• A farm map if you have one

Jo and Dan farm in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, combining day-to-day stock work with practical land-management projects. Jo is a new entrant who works as a visual artist and photographer, milks cows alongside farming life, and sits on the steering group of the Nature Friendly Farming Network; Dan farms and contracts part time, drawing on years of hands-on experience both locally and overseas. The farm is a small upland farm with shorthorn cattle.

This event is also supported by Defra's FIPL fund and partners in the Pasture for Life FIPL North Project including, Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, Lake District National Park, Forest of Bowland National Landscape, Nidderdale National Landscape, North Pennines National Landscape and UNESCO North Pennines.