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.

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Contacts for The Farmer Network in Cumbria

Peter Faulder

Peter Faulder, Forgotten Lands Facilitator

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

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Workshops Funded by the Shared Prosperity Fund
In both Westmorland & Furness and in Cumberland we have funding from the Shared Prosperity Fund for workshops to help […]
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Support for the Next Generation
Cumbria Community Foundation has approved a 3-year funding package to support the next generation of farmers in Cumbria. This will […]
Alston Slaggyford Facilitation Fund
Alston Slaggyford Facilitation Fund
The Farmer Network has funding from Defra’s facilitation fund for a group in the Alston/Slaggyford area of the North Pennines.  […]

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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.