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A CONFERENCE exploring how farmers in the National Parks and Areas Of Outstanding Natural Beauty can adapt their businesses as farm payments are phased out will be taking place next month.
Farmers are invited to join the second conference hosted by the Centre for National Parks and Protected Areas (CNPPA) at the University of Cumbria in partnership with the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission (FFCC).
The Conference on May 26 will explore how proposals from Defra s Landscapes Review, which was chaired by Julian Glover, can be put into action. Defra will be speaking at the conference and updating on the new Farming in Protected Landscapes grants, an exciting three-year project. Seventy percent of England s land is farmed and the proportion of land farmed or grazed in the country s National Parks is nearer 80 percent. ....

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