This week, our CEO @linesmartin.bsky.social met @daera-ni.gov.uk Minister @andrewmuirni.bsky.social to discuss Farming with Nature. NI farmers were also celebrated at the Farming Awards, showing how nature-friendly practices benefit farms & the environment. Read more: 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/2wvcxs5a

My latest Nature Natters opinion piece in Crop Production Magazine. Our farm systems and food production are based on and underpinned by the diversity of nature, whether you farm in Cornwall, Cambridgeshire or Cumbria. 👇 www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/opinion/natu...

A win for nature-friendly farmers! 🎉 The Govt has confirmed 1-year extensions to Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier agreements - providing certainty for those delivering for food, nature & climate. 👉 “This was a key ask from NFFN, and it’s a strong signal,” says our CEO @linesmartin.bsky.social. #nffn

My latest opinion piece in the Crop Production Magazine. www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/opinion/natu...

Spoke to Evening Standard about what’s driving food price rises. Farmers face soaring costs & climate extremes, yet much of the value is lost higher up the chain. If we want fair prices & secure food, we need to support farming that builds resilient soils & nature www.standard.co.uk/comment/podc...

View from my bedroom in London this week. 😍 lots of productive meetings.

🎙️ New series! Our CEO @linesmartin.bsky.social joins ffinlo Costain monthly on the Nature Friendly Farm Gate podcast to unpack UK food & farming policy. First up: English farm policy, Defra’s role & an update on Martin’s farm. 👉 Listen here: https://tinyurl.com/2ku9fbkj #nffn

My latest opinion piece in the Crop Production Magazine. Taking care of our soil has to be our number one priority. I see soil as the bank account for our business: invest into it and it will provide positive returns. www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/opinion/natu...

🦋 Nature Friendly Farm Gate - A new monthly series on the Farm Gate podcast channel. 🎤 🎧 With ffinlo Costain & @linesmartin.bsky.social (Chief Exec, @nffn.bsky.social). 👉 Listen to the audio podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n... 👉 Watch the rough cut here: 8point9.com/nature-frien...

Farmers are stepping up to tackle pollution, but it’s a shared challenge. Martin Lines reminds us that consumers, supply chains & policymakers must play their part too.💧 Read more: https://www.nffn.org.uk/resources/from-our-ceo-we-need-to-stop-blaming-farmers-and-work-together-on-water-pollution

Receive an email today from the RPA to say they have finally fixed the issues on their computer system that was preventing us from doing a capital grant application. Unfortunately it’s taken so long the scheme has closed so that means work to improve our environment we won’t be able to deliver.😔

Listen to @linesmartin.bsky.social on LBC radio talking (at 1:43) with @steveholden.bsky.social about the impacts of drought and the importance of nature-friendly farming 👇 www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbcn...

That’s our #Harvest25 completed. Better than feared, but the dry weather this year has reduced yields. Now time to focus on getting sorted for #Harvest26

Great to welcome Steve Reed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to our CEO @linesmartin.bsky.social farm 🌱 A valuable visit discussing how nature friendly farming can tackle climate, food, water and nature challenges while building resilient, profitable farms. 🤝💚

This afternoon I hosted Defra SoS Steve Reed on our farm. A great opportunity to show him around our farm and discuss nature friendly farming & lots of other topics. Farming is facing many challenges now & in the future. Having the opportunity to discuss things with the Steve Reed is very important.

Good to see the Lords spotlighting nitrogen pollution. Farmers want to do the right thing - but they need joined-up support to do it. More support for soil, nature, and resilient food systems. This report gets that. Let’s make sure it turns into action. committees.parliament.uk/committee/51...

🔈We’re looking for an ambitious Country Manager to lead our growth and operations in Scotland! Closing date: 6 August Apply today: www.nffn.org.uk/news/hiring-... #NFFNScotland

We had some great discussions today at the Royal Welsh Show, including conversations between our CEO @linesmartin.bsky.social , Hywel Morgan NFFN Cymru Steering Group Chair, the First Minister, Deputy First Minister, and Liberal Democrat MP David Chadwick, all focused on nature-friendly farming 👏

🚨 Groundswell 2025 Ticket Giveaway! 🚨 Win a FREE ticket! Become an NFFN member (it's free!) for a chance to win. Winner announced 4pm 23 June! Already going? See our sessions at: https://www.nffn.org.uk/events/nffn-at-groundswell-2025

A very good article in this week’s @farmersweeklyuk.bsky.social on “What to expect from an EA inspection on farm”. Very timely article with the farming rules for water statutory guidance being updated soon. www.fwi.co.uk/business/com...

Great day on the @nffn.bsky.social stand @rspbengland.bsky.social Hope Farm #OpenFarmSunday event. Really good numbers of public attending. Great to see my local MP @iansollom.bsky.social attending and seeing how nature recovery and food production works together.

I joined Ffinlo Costain and others on @8point9.bsky.social’s Farm Gate podcast to talk about nature-friendly farming - what’s under threat, why it matters, and where next. 🎧 Also on Apple & Spotify - search “Farm Gate” www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjYh...

Surprised and honoured to be nominated for the @endsreport.com Power List and join an amazing list of people. 😊

Nature-friendly farming delivers some of the key commitments Labour made in its manifesto: lower emissions, restored habitats, and clean energy. Cutting it wouldn’t just be short-sighted - it would be self-defeating. 📢 Write to your MP: https://f.mtr.cool/mflbcligdu #nffn #naturefriendlyfarming

My latest opinion piece in this month's Crop Prodution magazine. 👇 www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/opinion/natu...

Every farm I’ve spoken to lately is feeling the pressure. Dry fields, shrinking support, and no clear sense of what’s coming next. If we want food on plates 🍽️ and nature in the field 🌱, we’ve got to back farmers properly. www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...

It’s Nature Friendly Farming Week. Fields are dry, crops are under pressure, and a lot of farmers are having to make tough calls. I’ve written with Natural England about why building resilience through nature-friendly farming matters more than ever. 👇 naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/20/g...

Great to have been at the #TransitionLive today with @farmersweeklyuk.bsky.social - and to join the panel on trees 🌳, livestock 🐑 & making silvopasture work Main message: don’t overthink it. Start small, plant where it works, build it over time 🌱 Well done to all involved in organising it today 👏👏

We have failed to make a strong united case to the Government to the Treasury & to the public about the enormous value farmers deliver not just in food but in climate resilience nature recovery, water quality, flood mitigation, & public access @farmersguardian www.farmersguardian.com/blog/4413107...

Our in field margins are starting to look great and over the last few years we’ve added them to all our fields every 90-120m. Receiving public funded support to deliver these and cover the cost allow us to deliver them. Supporting nature recovery on farms supports food security.

Thanks @alistrathern.bsky.social for hosting this roundtable of MPs and farmers in Westminster to discuss how support for farming and nature must go hand in hand 🤝. “As well as producing the food we eat, our farmers are the stewards of the countryside and nature that makes our country so special.”

🐝 Nominate yourself or someone else for Defra’s Bees’ Needs Awards, celebrating projects in England that support pollinators through habitat creation, education, or farm practices. Our CEO @linesmartin.bsky.social is a judge. 👉Enter here: www.gov.uk/governmen... #NFFN #NFFNEngland

Really enjoyed joining Tom & Ed on the Defra Farming podcast. We talked through what IPM actually looks like on farm - building habitats, adapting the system, learning from trials, and working closely with your agronomist to cut inputs and back nature 🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1657363/epis...

My opinion piece in the Crop production magazine Nature Natters: “A future of haves and have-nots.” Defra’s sudden closure of the SFI scheme has divided farmers into two main camps: those who’d entered the schemes and those who hadn’t yet hit ‘apply’. 👇 www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/opinion/natu...

We cannot ask British farmers to maintain high environmental and animal welfare standards while opening the door to imports produced under significantly weaker regulations👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bit of building work today to repair a barn that’s 140 years old. One of those jobs that’s been on the list for a while. Hopefully when all finished we will have a barn we can use for larger groups of people that’s better than a open barn we currently use. Always more to farming than people think 👨‍🌾

Nature-friendly farming is at risk. As the Spending Review nears, we need your voice. Write to your MP and help protect the farmers restoring land, wildlife & climate. ✉️ Take action now 👉 ow.ly/2f9y50VwIzJ

Finished the day in the fields - feels good to get back to basics. Have a great weekend, everyone! 🌾

Great to speak to @luciemheath.bsky.social for @theipaper.com Growing maize for biogas might be good business for some - but it’s taking up high-grade farmland, pushing up land and rent prices, and delivering poor environmental returns. 👇 inews.co.uk/news/subsidi...

Many of you will have noticed the increased focus both in policy & in the media on how we use our land & what it can deliver for society. Farmers are no longer solely being asked to produce food the their land but deliver increasingly multifunctional landscape www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/opinion/natu...

Hear from our CEO, @linesmartin.bsky.social, as he discusses the UK Pesticides National Action Plan on Farming Today 👇 👂Listen at 9:15 #NFFN www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Great to see a pesticide reduction target finally published. It’s a step in the right direction especially recognising toxicity. But to make real progress, we need proper support for farmers to shift to nature-based approaches that work for people, food & wildlife www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Holly Purdey's farm relies on Shorthorn cows to restore soil & biodiversity. But TB has taken an emotional and physical toll with constant testing, culling, & slaughter. Tom Craig faces similar challenges and calls for change, advocating for vaccines over culling. Read here: tinyurl.com/4yuacr3k

🚜 Multitasking this evening. Swapped the laptop for a tractor windscreen and enjoying the last of the sun while getting jobs done. Sometimes the best thinking happens behind the wheel! 🌾💭

Wrote this for @farmersguardian.bsky.social - 🚜 Defra’s sudden SFI closure has left farmers stranded, exposing how fragile farm support is. With no new scheme until 2026, many face tough choices. 🌾 @nffn is calling for an interim scheme-farmers can’t wait 18 months! ⏳ Govt must act now is.gd/MA7YYd

Joined @farmersweeklyuk.bsky.social emergency podcast to discuss Defra’s sudden SFI closure. Many farmers blocked by complexity, slow RPA processes, waiting months, now shut out overnight. We need an interim solution now and a clear, workable long-term plan. 👇 www.fwi.co.uk/farmers-week...

Great to speak at the House of Lords Nitrogen Inquiry today with House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee on the role of farming in improving nitrogen management. I was on from 10.55am👇🏻🌱🚜 parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

Yesterday I participated in the House of Lords “UK Methane Roundtable: Seizing opportunities to reduce the UK’s methane footprint at home and abroad”. It was great have stakeholders from across the fossil fuel and agricultural sectors, which provided for a really rich discussion. We have lots to do

Nice start of the day and a change this morning to be heading out not in.

Great to chat with the team at @carboncopyeco.bsky.social on the Farm With Nature podcast. Always good to have honest conversations about the challenges farmers face and the role we play in tackling the climate and nature crisis 🌍. You can find it here: carboncopy.eco/podcasts/far...