Farming

We look after a large amount of farmland across the UK. We’re working with our farms and tenants to produce local and seasonal food in an environmentally sustainable way

Belted Galloway cattle feeding on hay in winter at Crickley Hill, Gloucestershire
Herdwick sheep checking our rangers are doing a good job of dry stone walling!

Why we champion sustainable food 

We love sustainably produced, local and seasonal food because it's better for the special places we look after, better for the environment and it tastes better too. Discover our views on food and farming.

Read about our views

Farming stories

Don & Jenny together at Wimpole Home Farm

Don and Jenny, Wimpole Home Farm 

After being diagnosed with dementia five years ago, retired farmer Don lost touch with his agricultural past. With the help of his wife Jenny and a Farming Memories group on the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire, Don is rediscovering his love of working on the land.

Emma is an integral part of life at Saddlescombe Farm, West Sussex

Emma, Saddlescombe Farm 

While recovering from a period of illness, Emma's doctor recommended the Grow Project at Saddlescombe Farm in West Sussex. What began as a one week course to help improve wellbeing through time spent outdoors has grown into a much deeper connection with that farm that has changed her life.

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Cows on the moo-ve

We all love a holiday, but cows on the Crom estate in Northern Ireland have particularly unusual way of getting to their summer destination. Every year the herd takes the plunge for a 100-metre swim across Lough Erne, carefully guided by our rangers. It’s all worth the effort though as they’re rewarded with 40 acres of fresh pasture on the island of Inishfendra, where their grazing helps to keep the scrub under control and allow wild flowers, bees and butterflies to flourish.

Friendly cattle grazing coastal fields, Cape Cornwall

Seven of our most nature-friendly farms 

All over the country our wildlife is in trouble. But here are seven of our farms where our tenant farmers are working to bring nature back

Meet the farmers
Steve Conisbee in a field with sheep

Fine Farm Produce Award winners 2018 

Every year we reward and celebrate the ingenuity of our best farmers and producers with the annual Fine Farm Produce Awards. Read the list of this year's winners from our 1,500 tenant farmers and estates.

Farm produce

A view of the apples, eggs and rhubarb on sale at the Osterley Park farm shop, Middlesex

Farm shops 

Pick up fresh, tasty local produce from one of our farm shops, run independently by our tenant farmers.

A joint of meat ready to be roasted with onions and thyme

Farm fresh meat boxes 

Many of our farms will supply fresh meat boxes, for those times when you want something tasty an nutritious for dinner.

Local produce on offer at Killerton's farmers' market

Our best farmers' markets 

The best place to find excellent British food is at a farmer’s market. Here are some of the best farmer’s markets held at our places around the country.

Trefor Roberts, tenant farmer at Ochr Cefn Isa Farm on the Tir Ifan Estate, Conwy Valley, North Wales

Brexit and the future of farming 

As Britain prepares to leave the European Union, we're working in partnership with others to shape the future of farming and nature after Brexit.

Take a closer look
Gathering the Welsh Mountain sheep on Watkin Path on the Hafod Y Llan farm, Snowdonia, Wales

Our ambitions for hill farming, nature and heritage 

Dame Helen Ghosh, our former Director-General outlines proposals to support the farming community and confirms the National Trust's commitment to farming, landscapes and nature.

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