Deeping St Nicholas’ Vine House Farm is up for another national award.
It’s been nominated in the ‘Nature-Friendly Farm/Estate Award’ at the inaugural Schöffel Countryside Awards launched by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust.
The award is to ‘celebrate farms and estates that have excelled in implementing practices that promote biodiversity and species recovery’.
More than 80 nominations were received earlier this year, from which 24 finalists have been shortlisted across six categories.
A panel of 28 judges have spent the spring and summer visiting each finalist to observe their conservation work in action.
Schöffel Country’s executive director Marcus Janssen, who is also a judge, said: “We’re excited to unveil our finalists, chosen from a very strong field of entries across all six award categories.
“These are exactly the sort of people and projects we set out to find when we launched the awards in January.
“The passion and dedication we have seen during our judging visits has been truly remarkable.
“We now look forward to sharing our finalists’ stories, and highlighting their achievements, with a wider audience.”
Megan Lock, judge and senior farm environment advisor for GWCT, says: “I have been incredibly impressed with the commitment and dedication I have seen on all my judging visits, where individuals and groups have gone above and beyond to deliver benefits for the environment.
“These awards are a great way to showcase and appreciate those making a difference who generally go unrecognised.”
