Stockfree Farming

Stockfree Farming is a charity based in United Kingdom working on environment & climate, nature & wildlife conservation, animal welfare +1 more.

Stockfree Farming is a Scottish charitable trust that supports farmers and crofters in the UK and Ireland to transition out of livestock farming into alternative forms of land management. Its stated aims are to deliver biodiversity gains, climate change mitigation and food security. Services for farmers, which are free of charge, include expert advice, transition planning, on-farm soil analysis, end-market support and access to funding. The organisation also conducts research, such as surveys of farmers and crofters and a published study on the moral distress and mental ill-health of livestock farmers, and lobbies government on farm policy and compensation for land-use change. Its team includes advisers with expertise in agroforestry, soil science, horticulture and ecology.