Growing farmers Growing communities Building confidence Building resilienceSimon Stokes Consulting Limited is a specialist rural environment advisory service providing solutions at any scale. I will help you understand and meet the productive and environmental challenges for your business. I will help you build your programme or project. I will help to operationalise it. If its a environmental policy programme or sceince research, a farm plan or catchment programme or biodiversity project. I have the experience and track record of getting it done.Check the Projects section for current work.A key focus is the long-term future of New Zealand farm and forestry businesses, building environmental management capability and capacity in farm planning, soils, freshwater, biodiversity and climate change, and the NZLRI/LUC technique.I will assist you in;Understanding and assessing your business using New Zealand Farm Assurance Plus (NZFAP+)Project and programme development and implementationEnvironmental policy developmentWorking with tangata whenua, through training and guidanceProviding programme/project governance and leadershipLand and water management of a farm businessCatchment or sub-catchment planning with a community; catchment programme developmentBiodiversity management (habitat solutions)Trees on farms (farm forestry)Land Use Capability and Land Resource Inventory understanding, training, and mappingSoil mapping and implementation of the visual soil assessment (VSA) recording soil healthUnderstanding and managing erosion – on farm and group trainingComprehensive farm business planning or simple erosion control plans