A new initive to encourage farmers from Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to make environmental improvements has been launched by Cornwall’s Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG)
Farm Environment Link is a three year project costing ?550 000 and has been given funding from European funding Objective One.
The aim is too explore ways to develop the economic benefits of measures that also protect wildlife.
A specialist team has been set up to visit farm offering advice and follow up reports on cost cutting ideas.
FWAG?s Cornwall development officer Jillie Dales said: ‘It will deliver a win-win situation for farmers and Wildlife?