Future Farmer Award
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The Future Farmer Award is a new initiative funded by the Elizabeth Murray Trust. Each year a trailblazing Scottish farmer will be given £4,000 and a package of practical support to help them promote their ideas to other farmers and land managers.
Anyone farming in Scotland who is keen to inspire others to try practical ideas for improving the Environmental Sustainability of farming is eligible for the Award. Both direct applications and nominations are accepted. The type of approach which the Future Farmer Award seeks to promote include:
Managing soils to reduce flooding risk
Integrating native woodland management with grazing livestock
Choosing crops varieties which are resilient to wet summers
Developing new ideas for productive and sustainable management of hill ground
Running farm machinery on farm-produced bio-fuel
Creating the right conditions for commercially useful ‘wild’ plants to grow
Cutting CO2 emissions on-farm and in supply chains
The Award was launched in January 2008 and applications open on January 1st each year.
What We Are Looking For:
Promoting practical ideas for improving the environmental sustainability of farming in Scotland
Promoting: You should have an interest in promoting your ideas to farmers, policy-makers and the media. The winner will receive support to do this for a year from a co-ordinator appointed by the Murray Trust.
Practical: The Award seeks to promote practical ideas for improving environmental sustainability. This means that your ideas do not have to be new or unique so long as they work and you are willing to inspire others to try them.
Environmental sustainability: The concept of sustainability includes economic, social and environmental sustainability. Your idea should be mainly about improving environmental sustainability, but at any level - local to global.
Farming: The Award aims to showcase ways in which Scotland can produce food, fibre and wood products from farms and crofts while maintaining the natural capital of the land and minimizing the ecological footprint of farming activities. Your idea can incorporate nature conservation or leisure activities but there must also be a core element of productive farming.
For more details and application forms, see http://www.futurefarmer.org.uk
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