Increasing numbers of farmers forming cooperatives to access money and help environment
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A collective of farmers who farm some of the highest and wildest parts of the Peak District have joined forces to preserve the habitats and heritage of the national park.

The Peakland Environmental Farmers (PEF) group currently represents 77 land managers who look after 40,000 hectares in the Dark and Southwest Peaks and the establishment of the group has been helped by a £100,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The core aims of the cooperative are nature recovery, peatland restoration, clean water and net zero by 2040, while in the long term it is looking to replace the loss of farm subsidies by securing a blend of public and private finance to restore the precious habitats and heritage of the Peak District National Park.