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Why consider the sustainable farming leader programme?
Resilient & Ready: a groundbreaking, three-year, industry-led programme, supported by LEAF and Corteva, seeks to find two more emerging, sustainable farming leaders.
Combining the best of technical insight and commercial application, participating farmers will develop their leadership and management skills with a specific focus on business growth and innovation.
“This programme is all about developing raw talent and investing in the sustainable farming leaders of the future; we are delighted and proud to support it,” says Caroline McCartney, Corteva Project co-lead.
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Resilient & Ready offers a unique combination of in-field training, one-to-one mentoring and access to management tools designed to challenge current thinking and build on business resilience.
The successful applicants will receive:
- Training from both LEAF and external partners
- Services, support and trialling opportunities from Corteva
- On-farm specialist advice
- Communications training
- Benchmarking and monitoring in key aspects of sustainability
- Three years membership of LEAF
Additionally, the project also offers the fantastic opportunity to become a LEAF Demonstration Farmer and/or LEAF Marque certified.
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“We know that farmers can bring many positive, integrated solutions to key issues that the industry faces, and it is paramount that farmers lead the way in shaping the possibilities for more circular and sustainable food and farming systems.
“Resilient & Ready has been shaped from the very start from our desire to build future farming leaders. This has to start at a grass-roots level. We want to hear from farmers who are keen to make a difference – not only on their own businesses but also at an industry level,” says Will Sibly, Business Relationships Co-ordinator at LEAF.
Applications for Resilient & Ready are now open and close on 4th November. Download the application form or contact project lead will.sibly@leaf.eco for more information.
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LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a charity that promotes and supports more sustainable farming to create a resilient food and farming system for future generations.
We connect: We connect farmers, innovators and industry to understand best practice sustainable farm management and how it can be applied most effectively to each farm’s unique situation.
We build trust: We provide assurance that growers are farming more sustainably through our independently audited LEAF Marque certification; from the health of their soils to how they engage with local communities.
We educate: Our team of qualified educational specialists work with schools, citizens and farmers across the UK to bring sustainable farming to life, both in schools and on-farm. LEAF promotes more regenerative farming through Integrated Farm Management (IFM). It is a whole farm business approach that uses the best of modern technology and traditional methods.