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Dec 2020
Pateley Bridge farm wins national award for eco efforts
A farm near Pateley Bridge has won a national award as recognition for its environmental efforts over the last four years.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) chose Humberstone Bank Farm as the rural and land winner for its social impact awards.
Jonathan Grayshon took on the tenancy of the farm from Yorkshire Water in 2016 and hoped to become a leading example of sustainable farming.
Since taking on the farm they have planted, with the help of volunteers, around 6,000 trees.
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It is a large farm with 904 hectares of protected moors, grazing land, traditional hay meadows, a wildlife and sediment pond as well as Belted Galloway cattle for conservation grazing.
The judges said of Humberstone Bank Farm's work at the awards:
Of the award win, Lisa Harrowsmith, lead surveyor at Yorkshire Water said:
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