We went to the Isle of Wight to meet SFI agreement holder Caroline Knox. In this film, Caroline explains how the Sustainable Farming Incentive works hand in hand with commercial maize and rye production on her farm.
In this episode, Lisa Warne talks to John Renner and his son, Charlie. John farms on the border of the Northumberland National Park between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Alnwick. Charlie is a farm business consultant and continues to help out on the farm. Lisa gives an update on the growth and rollout of our environmental land management schemes. John and Charlie talk about how the new farming payments fit in with the management of their farm. They had plenty of questions for Lisa about the new grants and actions.
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Today, we are looking at recent coverage of PFAS chemicals in The Guardian.
Coverage of Sir James Bevan's final speech on water as the outgoing Chief Executive of the Environment Agency.
Government response to recent reporting on fruit and vegetable supply.
Both Defra Secretary of State Thérèse Coffey and Farming Minister Mark Spencer have addressed the National Farmers Union's conference this week, during which they made a number of announcements to support farmers with sustainable food production. On Tuesday 21 February, ...
Now that the Annual Health and Welfare Review is open, I'd like to share more about the next step on the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway: Animal Health and Welfare grants.
New Forest Pannage Ham has been registered as a protected food under the UKGI scheme.
There has been coverage today in the Times - part of its Clean It Up campaign - regarding guidance for farmers to reduce and prevent agricultural pollution into waterways. The piece states that ministers have been accused of giving farmers ...
The Times has launched its Clean It Up campaign which calls for more action to tackle water pollution. We welcome the awareness it will raise of this critically important issue and scrutiny on the work being taken to tackle it.
As part of The Times Clean It Up campaign there are claims that water companies could "escape higher fines" for spilling sewage into rivers and seas. This is not the case. We have been clear that all options - including ...
Ips typographus is a serious pest of spruce trees. This guidance sets our movement restrictions on spruce trees originating within the Demarcated Area
Looking at inaccurate coverage in today's Observer on payments to farmers following the UK's exit from the EU.
There has been coverage in outlets including Business Live, the Yorkshire Post, Press and Journal and Fishing Daily following our announcement on the winners of the first round of the £100 million UK Seafood Fund's Skills and Training scheme. Winning ...
Jenny Connell has worked in the Environment Agency for 15 years. She is a Senior Specialist in the Environment Agency's net zero team - and here, she gives an insight into the science behind the EA's carbon offsetting strategy to mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Today our media blog addresses speculative coverage on the governments position on fur and foie gras.
Debbie Thompson leads the Stour Field Team and has been with the Environment Agency for 15 years. Here, Debbie explains how the team works throughout the year to help protect communities from flooding and improve the environment for people and nature. The 14-strong field team can be seen working across this large chunk of east Kent on most days of the year.
You may have seen in our recent environmental land management update that the second round of Landscape Recovery will open in spring. To help you prepare, we're hosting a series of webinars. In this post, I'll share a brief overview of Landscape Recovery, our progress so far and the details of those webinars.
Jennifer Howard is an Asset Performance Advisor who has worked in Flood and Coastal Risk Management for the Environment Agency for 18 years. Her work is focussed on flood incident response. Here, she talks about how her background and how ...
We know there are people out there who see the waste industry as a route to make a fast buck. But we are on a mission to stop them to protect the environment, support the legitimate waste management industry and ...
This is the third in a series of films exploring how environmental improvements and farming go hand in hand in the Lake District. Local farm facilitator Danny Teasdale talks with auctioneer and Managing Director of The Farmer Network, Adam Day, about the importance of building environmental solutions that fit with farmers' businesses.
At the end of this month, the first round of the Slurry Infrastructure grant will close for applications. So, if you haven't yet applied, now is the time to. In this post, I'll give you a recap of the grant and the process to apply before the 31 January.
There has been inaccurate coverage about issues of septic tank storage in Cornwall. It includes claims that the Environment Agency (EA) has changed the rules on firms being able to spread waste from septic tanks on land. This is not the ...
Today we are looking at media coverage of our announcement on new research led by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and funded by Defra that sheds new light on invasive species 'hitchhiking' across the sea on floating marine debris.
