The online event featured a host of experts as our guest speakers:
- Jack Watts, NFU Sustainability Group lead, provided an overview of the government’s Land Use Framework consultation which could determine decisions on how land is used for agriculture, housing and energy
- Richard Wordsworth, NFU senior adviser (support schemes), covered available and upcoming grants, including Capital Grants
- Scott Pepe, NFU external affairs manager, following the second Parliament reading of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill, gave an overview of our concerns, particularly around Natural England’s compulsory purchasing powers
- Kate Speke-Adams, director at Herefordshire Rural Hub, talked attendees through Herefordshire Council’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy and why it is important to check the maps for your farms