How it works

Conservation Grade farming - farming for wildlife - is a farming system proven through science to dramatically reverse the continuing decline in wildlife on farmland.

Farmers have to use all the skills they employ to manage their farmland to create conditions in which wildlife can flourish. The system encourages biodiversity and ensures a sound environmental provenance for food manufactured from the farms’ produce. It encompasses the highest standards of food safety and is recognised by leading environmental organisations such as the RSPB and is endorsed by Green campaigners like Professor David Bellamy.

“It’s not just wildlife that benefits from Conservation Grade - we all do. We see more butterflies and bees, more birds, on these farms we can start to enjoy the countryside again.”

Professor David Bellamy