Introduction

Fresh Start is an industry-led initiative to encourage new entrants into farming and to help established farmers think about how they can develop their business in the future in the light of CAP reform. Fresh Start aims to secure a sustainable future for farming in England by:

• Signposting sources of help and support to new entrants
• Developing a mentoring scheme
• Promoting farming as an attractive career option
• Stimulating existing farmers to think about how they might respond to CAP reform
• Providing a 'matching service' to link potential new entrants to those wishing to leave the industry

Fresh Start Lancashire is co-ordinated by Northern Rural Partnership and Myerscough College.