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LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING Donate Menu About LEAF What we do Meet the team Contact us Corporate Partners Working in partnership Governance Our impact LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is the leading organisation delivering more sustainable food and farming. We work with farmers, the food industry, scientists and consumers, to inspire and enable sustainable farming that is prosperous, enriches the environment and engages local communities. Find Out More What we do Find Out More Farming Integrated Farm Management LEAF Network LEAF Demonstration Farms LEAF Innovation Centres LEAF Marque LEAF Sustainable Farming Review Resources Simply Sustainable Series LEAF Speak Out Toolkit Integrated Farm Management (IFM) is a whole farm business approach that uses the best of modern technology and traditional methods. Find Out More Outcome-Based Biodiversity Approaches - Learn more about our pioneering new project to look at including outcomes in the LEAF Marque Standard. Find Out More Buying and selling LEAF Marque Claims & Labelling Buyers can purchase LEAF Marque produce from farms that are fully certified and use the LEAF Marque logo and all the marketing opportunities to show they care about the environment. Find Out More Eating and living Environmental farming Open Farm Sunday Recipes Farmer Time Farming Fortnight By buying LEAF Marque produce, you are enjoying food from farmers who care for the countryside and wildlife while doing your bit for the environment too. LEAF Education Launches National Network of Demonstration Schools Find Out More Education LEAF Education Membership Get Involved Our Impact Farm Visits Contact Us Regional Educational Consultants For Teachers LEAF Education, in partnership with our members, works to inspire and educate future generations about food, farming and the countryside. We work across the education, farming and food sectors to mobilise farmers and educators to bring farming into a learning context and embed an appreciation of farming into everyday life. News and Media News and Updates Downloads and Resources Events Video library Podcasts LEAF’s Blog LEAF organise events throughout the year to help, inform, educate and celebrate the work that goes into protecting the enviroment and agriculture. Find Out More News & Updates Find Out More Donate myLEAF Become A Member LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING My LEAF Become A Member About LEAF About LEAF What we do Meet the team Contact us Corporate Partners Working in partnership Governance Our impact LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is the leading organisation delivering more sustainable food and farming. We work with farmers, the food industry, scientists and consumers, to inspire and enable sustainable farming that is prosperous, enriches the environment and engages local communities. Find Out More Farming Farming Integrated Farm Management LEAF Network LEAF Demonstration Farms LEAF Innovation Centres LEAF Marque LEAF Sustainable Farming Review Resources Simply Sustainable Series LEAF Speak Out Toolkit Integrated Farm Management (IFM) is a whole farm business approach that uses the best of modern technology and traditional methods. Find Out More Buying and selling Buying and selling LEAF Marque Claims & Labelling Buyers can purchase LEAF Marque produce from farms that are fully certified and use the LEAF Marque logo and all the marketing opportunities to show they care about the environment. Find Out More Eating and living Eating and living Environmental farming Open Farm Sunday Recipes Farmer Time Farming Fortnight Education Education LEAF Education Membership Get Involved Our Impact Farm Visits Contact Us Regional Educational Consultants For Teachers News and Media News and Media News and Updates Downloads and Resources Events Video library Podcasts LEAF’s Blog LEAF organise events throughout the year to help, inform, educate and celebrate the work that goes into protecting the enviroment and agriculture. Find Out More Donate We work to inspire and enable sus­tain­able farm­ing that is pros­per­ous, enrich­es the envi­ron­ment and engages local communities. Watch our video Office clo­sure Due to the adverse weath­er con­di­tions, the LEAF Office will be closed today (Mon­day 25 th January). The LEAF head office num­ber ( 02476 413911 ) will remain open and our gen­er­al enquiries email address ( [email protected] ​leafuk.​org ) will con­tin­ue to be mon­i­tored, how­ev­er there may be a delay in respond­ing to your query. We apol­o­gise in advance for any delay in cor­re­spon­dence and any incon­ve­nience that this may cause. Coro­n­avirus Update Fol­low­ing gov­ern­ment guide­lines for Covid- 19 (coro­n­avirus), the LEAF office at Stoneleigh Park, War­wick­shire, will be manned with a skele­ton staff until fur­ther notice. Mea­sures have been put in place to ensure that all staff remain avail­able to respond and con­tin­ue to work with you, our farm­ers, mem­bers and stake­hold­ers, dur­ing these times. The LEAF head office num­ber ( 02476 413911 ) will remain open and our gen­er­al enquiries email address ( [email protected] ​leafuk.​org ) will con­tin­ue to be mon­i­tored from 9 am- 5 pm Mon­day to Fri­day. Alter­na­tive­ly, head over to the ​Meet The Team ” page to find out who you can con­tact directly. We apol­o­gise in advance for any delay in cor­re­spon­dence and any incon­ve­nience that this may cause and we thank you for your patience, under­stand­ing and con­tin­ued sup­port dur­ing this time. Find Out More Annu­al Review 2020 In a year dom­i­nat­ed by Coro­n­avirus and Brex­it, LEAF’s 2020 Annu­al Review looks back at the achieve­ments of LEAF mem­bers and projects through­out the year. Find Out More LEAF for the Future Our 10 -Year Strat­e­gy 2021 – 2031 is an advance­ment of our work in devel­op­ing and pro­mot­ing more sus­tain­able agri­cul­ture through Inte­grat­ed Farm Man­age­ment. We will sup­port the deliv­ery of Pos­i­tive Action for Cli­mate, Nature, Econ­o­my and Soci­ety based on our core work and the prin­ci­ples of Cir­cu­lar Agri­cul­ture as set out in our Vision and Mission. Find Out More Become a LEAF Friend Become a LEAF Friend today. Your dona­tion helps LEAF : • Deliv­er envi­ron­men­tal­ly sus­tain­able food and farming • Invite fam­i­lies to vis­it farms on LEAF Open Farm Sunday • Con­nect chil­dren with farm­ing, food pro­duc­tion and nature • Build knowl­edge and co-ordi­­nate research • Devel­op LEAF Demon­stra­tion Farms Make a donation LEAF Speak Out Toolk­it launched LEAF ’s new online com­mu­ni­ca­tions toolk­it has been launched. Writ­ten and devel­oped by lead­ing agri­cul­tur­al com­mu­ni­ca­tions experts, it is packed full of easy-to-use guid­ance and resources, pro­vid­ing step by step sup­port for farm­ers and researchers, help­ing them think about com­mu­ni­ca­tions at every stage and pro­vid­ing guid­ance on best prac­tice. It offers a range of inter­ac­tive tools, tem­plates and sup­port mate­ri­als to help devel­op com­mu­ni­ca­tions skills, craft mes­sages, map audi­ences and address their indi­vid­ual needs. Access the Speak Out Toolkit Farming Supplying Eating and Living Read the lat­est sus­tain­able farm­ing features LEAF event scopes out chal­lenges and oppor­tu­ni­ties to achiev­ing more sus­tain­able farming Lead­ing sus­tain­able farm­ing organ­i­sa­tion LEAF (Link­ing Envi­ron­ment And Farm­ing) is invit­ing farm­ers and indus­try experts to attend its upcom­ing flagship… Read the Article The Impor­tance of Soil at Greenseed Ralph Grind­ing Farm Man­ag­er at Col­lege Farm gives us some insight into how soil is man­aged through the imple­men­ta­tion of… Watch the Video Car­o­line Drum­mond award­ed the 2019 Farm­ers Week­ly Life­time Achieve­ment Award We are very proud to announce that our Chief Exec­u­tive, Car­o­line Drum­mond, has been award­ed the 2019 Farm­ers Week­ly Lifetime… Read the Article Read the lat­est sus­tain­able sup­ply­ing features 16 years on over 900 farm­ing...