Contacts for smallholders.
If you’ve got a smallholding, or about to start a smallholding, then at some point or other you may need to get in touch with one or more of organisations listed below:
DEFRA (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
DEFRA
To register your smallholding. Your first point of call is likely to be DEFRA as you may need to register your smallholding. There are various rules that apply, so it will probably be a lot easier and quicker if you call their helpline, and you probably won’t find the answers that you are looking for on their website anyway.
DEFRA Helpline: 08459 33 55 77
Soil Association
Soil Association
To start the process of getting your land certified as organic then visit the Soil Association website. We’ve linked directly to their Steps to Certification page.
Tel: 0117 914 2406
Fax: 0117 314 5046
Email: goorganic@soilassociation.org
Environment Agency
Environment Agency
We’ve linked directly to the Contact Page of the Environment Agency as there are a variety of contacts, depending on the circumstances.
Environment Agency Website – Contact Page
Rural Payments Agency
Rural Payments Agency
To register your holding for livestock.
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- Rural Payments Agency
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- Soil Association
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- Environment Agency
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- DEFRA
