The Farming Rathcroghan EIP project gives advice and support to farmers in the local area on how to farm in an historically important landscape, to look after and improve the landscape, while protecting bio-diversity, carbon sequestration and improving water quality. This is important because farmers need to work with forms and rules while at the same time make a living. As a farmer in the project says: ‘Being a member of Farming Rathcroghan has meant that I have the support that I need to farm on a heritage site. it’s made my farming more sustainable and meaningful. ‘

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