shepherds of the trees – Just transition for upland farmers
Sustainability
We need less dairy, beef and sheep going forward as a nation. Exports are not the answer. Sustainability is the key.
Funding
Earth and Leaf will sponsor farms to join the project giving farmers long term security.
Timescales
This is a forever timescale, but Earth and Leaf expects to support the scheme for a minimum of ten years.
Benefit the Community with Shepherds of the Trees
Firstly, the farms involved will benefit from stable and reliable income support from the scheme. Secondly, the local community will benefit from more housing availability and more business premises without building on greenfield sites. Thirdly, there will also be a measure of extra local employment digging ponds, planting trees, rebuilding walls and removing non native or injurious weeds.
Shepherds of the Trees improves the Environment
No-one knows a farm better than the family who farm it. We must use that expertise. Its not just about planting trees. Because it is about restoring and expanding wooded areas, planting shrubs, digging ponds, encouraging wild flowers and maintaining the resulting environment. Above all, farm animals will still play a part, just in much smaller numbers and of different breeds and species.
Invest in our Future
The monthly membership pricing table assists users in selecting a suitable plan by simply and clearly differentiating service features and prices.
schools and colleges
£0
individual membership
£2
FAMILY MEMBERSHIP
£5
Community groups
£25
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Find us
Email
Phone
+447910038697
Address
10 Cathcart House, Prospect Place, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 1LB
Our Upland and Hill Farming Communities need a New Way Forward
Hill farming support from the European Union kept these communities alive. This support has for now been continued by our government, but it ends in 2027. Any support thereafter in unclear and will be likely be completely environmentally related.
In conclusion, for the hills and uplands to become a huge sustainable carbon sink we need structural reform that prevents vast areas of our uplands being used simply for Grouse Shooting and inefficient sheep farming. The best people to make sure this happens are the farmers who live and work there!