Current Projects
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INSPIRING EDEN – SUPPORT FOR FARM BUSINESSES
The Farmer Network, with funding from Eden District Council, is offering a package of farm business support in the Eden District area
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Have you got an agricultural ambition?
Business Support for Young People, a programme in Cumbria / Yorkshire Dales, for people aged 18-30, wanting to setup / develop a farming related business.
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Free Farm Business Health Check
The Farmer Network has received further funding from the Cumbria Growth Catalyst programme to enable us to provide free one to one advice to help farmers review their businesses.
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The Farmer Network Training Voucher Scheme
The Farmer Network has developed a £200 training voucher scheme to help members afford the cost of technical training.
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Foundation for Common Land Hill Farming Training
The Farmer Network acts as the local facilitator for the Foundation for Common land’s hill farming training in Cumbria.
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Farmer Network Grassroots Clubs
The Farmer Network’s Grassroots Clubs are supported by the Prince’s Countryside Fund and are an innovative method of engaging farmers in knowledge transfer.
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Sustaining Farming in the Westmorland Dales
The Westmorland Dales Hidden Landscapes Partnership Scheme aims to reveal the hidden heritage of this new extension to the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
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Prince’s Farm Resilience Programme
This is a national Programme, run in several different locations each year. The Network has been contracted to facilitate this Programme in Brampton, North Cumbria from 2017 – 2018.
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Engagement on Natural Flood Management
Following the flooding from Storm Desmond in December 2015, the Farmer Network applied to the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund to operate 3 farmer/landowner groups.
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Farmer Network Research Project
A small study to find out the level of interest in setting up farmer networks in The North York Moors and Northumberland.