West Sussex is celebrating 21 years of green farming which has seen local farmers make a huge difference to wildlife and the landscape.
The agri-environment schemes, which will be given nearly £3bn over the next five years, have seen an increase in access to the countryside, more wildlife and biodiversity, and greater maintenance of essential features of the British countryside such as stone walls and hedgerows.
West Sussex has 358 agreements covering around 24,291 hectares in agri-environment schemes.
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