Fenland SOIL, in partnership with the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), was commissioned by Defra to host two LUF workshops in the Cambridgeshire Fens with farmers and key farming stakeholders, including NGOs and local organisations.
These workshops were designed to gather insight into how the proposed Land Use Framework is perceived on the ground with farmers and to explore local challenges and opportunities regarding land use change in the Fens.
The first workshop took place on 9th April in the northern Fens, near Thorney, with 28 attendees – approximately 40% of whom were direct farmers.
The second was held on 16th April near Ely, in the southern Fens, and saw a significantly larger turnout of 51 attendees, around 70% of whom were direct farmers. Each session lasted two hours and represented a cross-section of the Fenland SOIL membership base.
You can read the output of the workshops here.
