Cumbria Farmer Network
The Farmer Network was originally developed in Cumbria following the foot and mouth epidemic of 2001. Funding for 3 years from the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (MAFF) supported coordinators to work with groups of farmers across the County. When this funding ended, the Cumbria Farmer Network was born in October 2005 as a not-for-profit Company run by farmers, for the benefit of farmers.
Cumbria is the third largest county in England and farming is central to the rural economy. It is England’s most important sheep farming area and the 2nd largest milk field in England.
Latest News from Cumbria
Contacts for The Farmer Network in Cumbria
The Management Council for Cumbria
Jim Campbell
Allerdale
Paul Dixon
Eden
Steven Dixon
South Lakeland
Andy Dyer
Co-Opted
Lizzie Herbert
Co-Opted
Chris Ladds
South Lakeland
Mark Lee
Allerdale
Andrew Marston
Eden
Richard Martin
Carlisle
Randal Raine
Cop Opted
Laura Teasdale
Copeland
Pip Simpson
Co-Opted
Peter Slater
Copeland
Robbie Tuer
Co-Opted
David Watson
Carlisle
Projects in Cumbria
Hill Farm Training Courses
DEFRA Welfare Fund
Cumbria Accelerator Support
Forgotten Lands – NE Cumbria
Natural England CSF Collaborative Agreement
Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL)
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We are a self-help not-for-profit farmer support group that is independently run by farmers for farmers, operating in Cumbria, the Yorkshire Dales and Northumberland.
