farm, the Independent Voice of Farmers

farming in crisis

By 2005, the Government expects up to a quarter of the UK’s farms to close or merge. 50,000 farmers could be forced to leave the land. The closure of each ordinary family farm is a nail in the coffin of the British countryside.

Join farm now and help to keep the countryside alive.

farm is a campaign group, fighting for a
sustainable future for farming in the UK.
• We are a network of sustainable farming activists, uniting farmers, consumers and environmentalists
• We deliver national public-engaging campaigns on farming issues

"The crisis in the farming industry is not just damaging farming families but also damaging the environment and rural communities."
Peter Lundgren

Please note that farm.org.uk is currently moving servers and some areas, particulary the news pages and archives are not fully available. The whole site is also being updated. This is taking place during the last week of September 2006 and into the beginning of October.