FARMERS AND crofters are invited to join a webinar on ‘Financing Future Farming’ later this month.

Taking place on Wednesday, November 25 and chaired by NFU Scotland’s Next Generation chair, Pete Moss from Orkney, the event is a collaboration involving Next Generation groups from NFU, NFU Cymru and the Ulster Farmers’ Union, focussing on the green economic recovery from Covid-19 and how this can be achieved through climate friendly agricultural practices.

It will explore how accessing green finance can support the next generation to improve their business efficiency and productivity within the context of the green recovery, linking to what buyers are then looking for when sourcing products.

The line up of speakers includes farmer and podcaster Will Evans; McDonald’s UK and Ireland's agriculture and sustainable sourcing manager, Harriet Wilson, and head of agriculture at NatWest, Roddy McLean.

Mr Moss commented: “It is great to see the next generation of agricultural businesses thinking about how they can address both the climate and biodiversity crises. These issues will be the biggest influencers on how we farm in the future, as we respond to the challenge of reducing greenhouse emissions across the country and halting biodiversity loss.

“The public want high quality food, but they also want it to be produced in an environmentally friendly manner that benefits our soils, water and wildlife," he explained. "Delivering on this presents huge opportunities for the sector.

“To do this we need investment sourced from both public and private funding. This webinar will explore how accessing green finance can support farms and crofts in improving business efficiency and productivity within the context of the Green Economic Recovery from Covid-19.”

To book your place on the webinar visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4dZs3OfhRMe61ckQnuYdQA