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“I have been doing what little I can to support farming communities and promote the importance of sustainable landscapes throughout a 50-year period that has seen enormous changes for everyone involved with producing the food on which we all rely.

“During that time, I have been constantly amazed and heartened by the resilience, adaptability and ingenuity of the family farms that still form the backbone (and quite a few other bones, too) of our rural communities.

“Yet it is all too clear that even bigger changes are needed as we transition rapidly – as we must if we are to survive – to a world in which sustainability becomes a central organising principle.”

HRH The Prince of Wales speaking at the Farmers Weekly awards 2021

More than ten years since HRH The Prince of Wales founded his Countryside Fund, his vision for a thriving countryside continues to inspire our work.