In April, SWEF successfully secured funding from DEFRA’s Water Restoration Fund to explore farmer-led approaches to natural flood management. This grant not only empowers SWEF to continue its essential work […]| Swaledale & Wensleydale Environmental Farmers
Natural Capital Advisory, representing the Swaledale and Wensleydale Environmental Farmers (SWEF), is proud to announce that SWEF’s development grant application to the Rural Payments Agency’s Water Restoration Fund was approved […]| Swaledale & Wensleydale Environmental Farmers
Dear SWEF EOI’s, I would like to introduce myself as the Chair of SWEF and thank the board and steering group of SWEF for their support and confidence in allowing […]| Swaledale & Wensleydale Environmental Farmers
“Sitting with some of the farmers’ children and pointing out birds to them is so rewarding. Building friendships with the farmers and their families is great and having an open […]| Swaledale & Wensleydale Environmental Farmers
On Wednesday 24 January, Teresa Dent CBE was on a panel of experts giving their witness statements about the role of natural capital in the green economy. Teresa joined Minette […]| Swaledale & Wensleydale Environmental Farmers
SWEF is happy to share news from the Green Finance Institute that today it has published a first-of-its-kind toolkit, developed in collaboration with over 100 farmers, for farmers. Its aim is to enable the farming and rural community to assess nature market opportunities, diversify revenue streams, and unlock finance for nature restoration. For more information and to access the toolkit, please see this link.| Swaledale & Wensleydale Environmental Farmers
Swaledale & Wensleydale Environmental Farmers (SWEF) is an environmental co-operative; a group of farmers and moorland managers who have come together to create ambitious environmental outcomes, at scale, centred on the source and upper catchments of the rivers Swale and Ure. | www.swef.org.uk
The newly launched Wensleydale & Swaledale Environmental Farmers (SWEF) group has won a £100,000 National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) bid to fund the development of the group and its catchment-scale conservation ambitions.| Swaledale & Wensleydale Environmental Farmers