Yesterday evening, around 80 guests gathered at Finches Farm in Hertfordshire to celebrate excellence in conservation farming at the...

For most of Britain’s ecological history our landscapes were anything but static. They were shaped by the continual movement, disturbance...

Easneye is a farming estate in rural East Hertfordshire. Henrietta and Nicholas Buxton live at Watersplace, near a ford and an old...

Restoring choked up old ponds on home ground was a long held dream. Credit J McNaughton. I have, for five years now, had the privilege of...

Thank you, dear members, for all the responses to our recent survey. From it, we learned that a large majority of you make good use of...

Today, on World Soils Day, we shine a spotlight on the lifeblood of farming: soil. Often overlooked and underestimated, soil is the...

Here at FWAG East we have to confess that our hearts rather skip a beat at the sight of a well-laid hedge. This bucolic art conjures...

When we got the call from Natural England strategists back in 2019 to see if we could help them deliver a trail-blazing new approach to...

FWAG East members and guests enjoyed an enlightening insight into a trail blazing Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) site this month, on a...

As the nights draw in it's always good to have things to look forward to and we are looking forward to connecting with members old and...

One of the highlights of 2023's Groundswell Festival was a lecture by Dave Goulson, Professor of Biology at the University of...

Earlier in July, FWAG East was given special access to Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire for a guided walk with Natural England through...

Nothing in farming gives us FWAG Advisers goose bumps more than restoring ghost ponds (except perhaps combines. We all love a combine!)....

A regenerative arable farmer from Hertfordshire has won the 2024 FWAG East Farm Conservation Award. Andrew Bott of Finches Farm,...

National Hedgerow Week has rolled around again and my thoughts turn with gratitude to the farmers up and down the country who do their...

Farmers can now be paid to carry out a ‘condition assessment’ of hedgerows on their farms under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI)....

Following the recent announcement regarding changes to the Environmental Land Management Schemes, FWAG is delivering an...

Move over bees, there’s a new buzz word in farming - fungi! Anyone with half an eye on regenerative agriculture will find biologist...

For many farmers, ’23 will be remembered as one of the most disappointing harvests to date, some will remember it as the year they...

As our busy pond survey season draws to a close there is finally time to catch breath and reflect on the great gains our pond restoration...