Soil Association – Planning for Change: Using Whole Farm Plans to Build Farm Resilience

Soil Association interactive workshop exploring what Whole Farm Plans are, what the new requirements will mean for your farm, and how you can use the WFP framework to boost the resilience of your business.

From 15 May 2025, in order to receive Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments, every farmer and crofter in Scotland will have to demonstrate that they have started to baseline land and livestock management practices, identified opportunities for improvement and are working towards being more sustainable, efficient and resilient.

SA Exchange advisor Rosa Holt will look at Lumphinnans Farm’s current performance, and how it can use benchmarking data to deliver improvement. Woodland Trust Scotland will also be there to discuss the farm’s natural capital potential.

We will use Lumphinnans, a mixed livestock and arable unit with woodland, as a live example to work through the required audits and plans and explore how these can be used to plan and implement a reduction in inputs and a move towards more regenerative practices.

Hot lunch included. 

FREE and open to farmers, crofters, growers and land managers. Booking required.