• Help develop a network of farmer groups who will trial and monitor new techniques through Field Labs, helping create solutions that will help all farming become more resilient and carbon neutral

• Help us support farmers to adopt agroecological practices that help mitigate climate change, support biodiversity and provide healthy food for a growing population

• Help us support farmers in the UK facing an uncertain future for themselves and society following Brexit

We must work with many more farmers to help make the transition to nature-friendly, agroecological farming methods that work in balance with our planet, not against it.

This is urgent work. We need to demonstrate what is possible and use this evidence to convince policy makers that they must support and enable this transition.  

“I hope for a future where people are more connected to where their food comes from and are more in tune with the seasons, relying less on fruit and veg imports.”

Becca Stevenson, Five Acre Community Farm

Agroecology is sustainable farming that works with nature. It is a way of farming that:

• Mitigates climate change 

• Works with wildlife, not against it 

• Gives local farmers the ability to farm in a way that suits their community

The latest decision by the UK government to allow the use of the highly toxic pesticide neonicotinoid on sugar beet crop is devastating news for our wildlife and the environment. We must focus on farming innovation, supporting farmers to implement agroecological, nature friendly ways of farming that respect and protect our wildlife and the environment.