Our Partners
The Arun to Adur Farmers Group would not be able to accomplish the landscape scale benefits for the environment that have been achieved without the help of our supporting partners.
Our collaboration with the Arun to Adur Farmers Group has resulted in a very successful scheme to protect our drinking water sources in the Worthing area. The level of commitment and enthusiasm shown by the group has been impressive, and we hope the group will continue to be a key partner in the future as we work together to promote sustainable farming practices and protect the chalk aquifer.”
The work and outcomes of the A2A Farm Cluster are fully aligned with the purposes and duty of the SDNPA:
- Enhance the Natural Beauty & Wildlife
- Promote opportunities for Understanding & Enjoyment
- Foster the Economic & Social Wellbeing of the National Park
The SDNPA ranger team are proud to support and work alongside the members of the A2A Farm Cluster on a number or projects that provide valuable and multiple outcomes for the landscape and the people that live and work in it and visit it.
Whether through the innovative meet the farmer videos or the open farm events, it’s inspiring to see this group of farmers engaging with the public and explaining how 18 and why they manage the land. The open farm event at Lychpole Farm in 2019, for example, attended by over 800 people, saw farmers and the public benefiting in equal measure through their discussions and interactions.
An incredible amount of work goes into organising the annual open farm event. They are clearly very worthwhile and valuable and wouldn’t happen without the A2A Farm Cluster members.”
Sussex Wildlife Trust has worked with many landowners within the farmers group over the years.
Our Wilder Landscapes Advisor provides advice about restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services at a landscape scale, looking at a site in relation to its wider surroundings.
What natural processes are missing from your land that could be restored or enhanced, and what opportunities are there for you to be part of a wider network for wildlife? Sussex Wildlife Trust’s approach focuses on nature-based solutions to the climate and ecological crisis, from small interventions to ambitious new approaches.
Sussex Wildlife Trust hosts the ‘Wilder Horsham District’ project, enabling more work with landowners within Horsham District specifically.”
The research and advisory staff of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust have had a long-standing relationship with many of the farmers of the Arun to Adur Farmers Group and the flora and fauna on their farms through the Sussex Study.
Since 1968 they have allowed us to monitor changes in farm management, grey partridges and the invertebrates and arable flora on the area from the Arun to the Adur.
This work continues to this day and influences all of GWCT’s agroecological research. It was through our involvement with this very patient group of farmers that we knew they were the perfect choice to be one of the first UK Farmer Clusters, and they continue to impress us with their many achievements, reviewed here. We look forward to working with the A2A farmers in the future. In particular we would welcome involvement in future joint research projects, facilitated by the farmer group.”