Farming at The Sweet Spot - A Briefing for Policy Makers

Farming at The Sweet Spot A Briefing for Policy Makers A VISION FOR FARMING AT THE SWEET SPOT The Wildlife Trusts | 2 Summary Background and Context • Farming at the Sweet Spot, a report published by Disruptions in recent years such as Covid-19, the war The Wildlife Trusts and Nature Friendly Farming in Ukraine, and Brexit-related labour shortages have Network, shows how moving to nature-friendly. [...] feeling the added financial pressure of sky-high The report publishes the findings of Nethergill inflation in energy and fuel costs while navigating Associates’ analysis of the financial sustainability increasingly unpredictable and extreme weather of 165 farm businesses in the UK. [...] Source: Nethergill Associates 3 LIVESTOCK © ELEANOR CHURCH A VISION FOR FARMING AT THE SWEET SPOT The Wildlife Trusts | 4 If adopted more widely, this could help achieve a For the Environment transition to more profitable and sustainable farming systems over large areas of the countryside, while The transition to MSO inv. [...] with the natural resources available on the farm and the removal of artificial inputs, which has been shown to lead to environmental benefits including increase in insect populations, improvement in water Implications for Policy quality and ecosystems, recovery of soil health, and a reduction in GHG emissions. [...] This has significant implications for the direction of new agriculture and environment policies across the For Food Security devolved nations of the UK following the departure from the EU CAP system.