Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Linking Environment And Farming |
| Acronym: |
LEAF
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| Legal status: |
Registered Company Limited by Guarantee Charity
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| Website address: |
http://www.leafuk.org
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Sections
| Section: |
III - Non-governmental organisations |
| and more precisely: |
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Ms
Caroline Drummond
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| Position: |
Chief Executive |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Ms
Caroline Drummond
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| Position: |
Chief Executive |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
LEAF Stoneleigh Park
KENILWORTH, WARWICKSHIRE CV8 2LG
UNITED KINGDOM
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| Telephone number: |
(+44) 2476413911 |
| Fax number: |
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| Other contact information: |
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF) develops more sustainable farming systems & encourages a better public understanding & engagement in farming & countryside, through the development & promotion of Integrated Farming (IF). Developing practical management tools to support farmers in changing practices & performance to deliver a more sustainable agriculture, these include the LEAF Audit, the Green Box monitoring tool & for the market the LEAF Marque, an environmental food assurance scheme. LEAF have an active network of demonstration farms & innovation centres highlighting achievable steps & approaches for farmers to make change in their businesses.
For 20 years LEAF has been active in creating change, encouraging a more whole farm approach through a range of methods, including the development of technical management tools; demonstration farms; markets opportunity & political influence. To deliver a lower impact farming system that is highly productive & socially acceptable, LEAF’s work has been developed & built on ‘tried & tested’ traditional methods & encourages the adoption & development of new technologies. LEAF works collaboratively across the globe & in Europe with EISA (European Initiative for the Sustainable development in Agriculture). LEAF’s work involves the whole food chain, including farmers, environmentalists, retailers & consumers.
IF approaches are helping to enhance ecosystem resilience through participatory processes that engage & empower farmers, strengthen local institutions & create opportunities for new income generation. A true Environmental Management System (EMS), IF provides a framework for farmers to adopt sustainable business solutions. It delivers efficient & profitable production, which is economically viable, socially acceptable & environmentally responsible. IF is geared towards sustaining & optimising the use of all resources on farm, including soil, water, air, staff, machinery, capital & wildlife habitats, landscape & archaeological features. Its successful uptake requires a detailed understanding of the business & an innovative & challenging approach.
The LEAF IF approach has been developed as an efficient, workable system to address economic, environmental, social & welfare issues. It brings together the management practices & decisions across the whole farm in a balanced & considered way. This includes: Organisation & Planning; Soil Management & Fertility; Crop Health & Protection; Pollution control & By-product management; Animal Husbandry; Energy Efficiency & Water Management; Landscape & Nature Conservation; Community Engagement.
Specifically LEAF has looked at understanding what delivers change & focuses its work in the following areas:
Technical knowhow: Through the delivery of IF by developing management tools including the LEAF Audit, updated annually since 1993 & used by over 1000 farmers each year. A newer development is the LEAF Green Box supporting farmers in monitoring their environmental performance in the field. LEAF also delivers training for farmers, advisors, students & colleges.
Demonstration & Communication: Creating a better understanding, discussion & knowledge through a network of demonstration farms, for farmer:farmer information exchange & farmer: consumer communications. LEAF works with a range of farm types from specialist arable, horticultural & livestock farmers to mixed farms, spread across the UK & representing a wide range of diverse soils, habitats & landscapes. Events on farm & on the LEAF Innovation Centres encourage change & news ideas & solutions, discussions on farm have led to key developments in the industry, such as EIS for pesticides, farm assurance schemes, etc. LEAF runs Open Farm Sunday & this year over 400 farmers took part welcoming over 184,000 members of the public out on to the farms on the one day. LEAF also is running a project which is encouraging a life long love of nature among disabled, disengaged young & old.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
4
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Complementary information:
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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providing case studies and evidence of good performance and beneficial farming practices
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Consumer Affairs
- Environment
- External Relations
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Structure
| Total number of members that are natural persons: |
3,500 |
| Number of member organisations: |
4 |
| Member organisations (Number of members) : |
- National Farmers Union (20,000 members)
- CLA (10,000 members)
- EISA (15 members)
- AIC (100 members)
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| The organisation has members/is represented in the following country(countries): |
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Complementary information:
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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EISA (European Initiative for the Sustainable development of Agriculture)
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
04/2011
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03/2012
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Total budget:
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1,129,439
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€
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of which public financing:
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483,349
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€
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- from European sources:
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- Procurement:
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€
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- Grants:
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€
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- from national sources:
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€
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- from local/regional sources:
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€
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- Lottery specific project :
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483,349
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€
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from other sources: |
646,090
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€
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- donations:
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€
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- contributions from members:
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646,090
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€
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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< 50000
€
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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