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The Pasture for Profit project is a farmer-to-farmer peer mentoring project across Bowland
being delivered by Pasture for Life in conjunction with four other protected landscapes across the north of England.
Pasture for Life is a Community Interest Company (CIC) with around 1,000 members nationwide which promotes pasture-fed livestock farming and provides impartial, expert advice to farmers looking to adopt a lower input, sustainable and profitable model for the future.
As part of the Pasture for Profit FiPL project, Pasture for Life has facilitated
a number of meetings and events – including a study tour to Scotland last summer. The new network enables participating farm businesses to tap into a nationwide network of mentors who
Farmer-to-Farmer Peer Mentoring Pasture for Life
are further along their journeys towards lower input, more sustainable forms of livestock farming.
Rob Bunn, Pasture for Life’s Project Manager, said: “The mentoring scheme
is about creating that support network,
in which mentors can offer genuinely impartial advice, with no hidden agenda. They won’t tell farmers how to farm, but they will share their experience and act as a sounding board. It’s then down to individual participants to decide what they take out of it and how they move forward.”
“Farming can be a very lonely business,” added Rob. “Just having somebody you can talk to who understands the practicalities of livestock farming and has probably
dealt with similar challenges is immensely valuable at a time of rapid change in the farming sector.”
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