
Grants
Landscape Regeneration
Pesticide-Free Devon
£8,000 awarded
Project Dates: 12.05.2025 to 14.05.2027
The Pesticide-Free Devon initiative aims to create a Devon-wide movement focused on reducing pesticide use in households, municipalities, and agriculture. The project will run from 12th May 2025 to 14th May 2027, across Devon, engaging with local residents, farmers, scientists, and government bodies.
The grantee has delivered two previous successful DEF projects: Bug Recovery Network and Pesticide-Free Bradley, which this new project is an extension of.
Objectives:
- Aiming to address the negative impacts of pesticides on ecosystems and human health, increasing pesticide-free habitats, reducing pesticide sales, and increasing pollinator diversity and abundance.
- Create a more organised and accessible “pesticide-free” cultural infrastructure across Devon.
- Demonstrate how pesticide-free farming and gardening can support livelihoods while delivering for nature and health.
Methodology: Community engagement and events; website and network development; community pesticide collections; mentoring and supporting farmers; retail engagement; pollinator database creation and advocacy for a pesticide levy.
