What we're doing
Conserving and restoring traditional orchards
Volunteers restoring the orchard at Brockhampton Estate in Herefordshire
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We have been helping to preserve and bring back to life the many beautiful traditional orchards that exist in the UK. They are an important part of our traditional landscape and, sadly, they are in decline. We hope to reverse that process.
Find out more about Conserving and restoring traditional orchards
Fine Farm Produce Award winners announced
Winner of the Fine Farm Produce Awards holding up a winning crab
Twenty-two food and drink producers from across England and Wales are celebrating this week after winning a prestigious Fine Farm Produce Award from the National Trust.
Allotments and growing places
Mother and son enjoy the allotments at Anglesey Abbey.
In February 2009 we pledged to create 1,000 new allotments and growing spaces on our land by 2012 – and we’re delighted to have hit this target five months early.
Community growing
We are keen to involve everyone in our places and properties, so we are encouraging community-supported agriculture (CSA) at a number of our estates. We are making it easy to know...
We love knobbly veg
When it comes to vegetables, beauty should be in the tastebuds, rather than the eye, of the beholder. We're supporting a campaign to celebrate all the fruit and veg that doesn't quite...
Bee Part Of It
In the UK alone, the number of honey bee colonies halved between since 1985 due to changes in land use, the varroa mite, and cold wet summers. Find out more about our 'Bee Part of...
Find out more about Bee Part Of It - Join our 'buzz' to help the bee
Examples of our food and farming work
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Become a farmer - join MyFarm
MyFarm is an online project aiming to reconnect people with farming and food production. Joining MyFarm gives you a say in running a real, working farm of more than 2,500 acres on our Wimpole Estate near Cambridge. One year on from the launch of our MyFarm project, we're dropping the £30 sign-up fee, so why not join today.
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Conserving limestone grassland in the Cotswolds
The Cotswolds Grazing Animals Project is a partnership project between the National Trust and Natural England in Gloucestershire. The main aim is to restore, conserve and enhance flower-rich unimproved limestone grassland in the Cotswolds, using native hardy cattle, owned and managed by the two project partners.
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Protecting our peatlands
Peat is important for nature, and for the planet. Which is why we're taking part in a national project to protect our precious peatlands.
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Our position on badger culling and bovine TB
Badger culling to help prevent the spread of bovine TB is a controversial but important issue. Here are our views on the matter.
Our cafes
Our food policy emphasises quality, local, seasonal and sustainable ingredients, cooked to traditional recipes, with contemporary flair. You'll find it makes our many tearooms and...
Taste the Land
In a world of processed foods, full of flavourings and additives, are our taste buds in danger? To celebrate the wonderful tastes of our regional produce, we ask a special panel of...
Great British Menu 2010
Get the winning recipes, inspired by the produce of our places, from the 2010 series of Great British Menu.