Absent fair returns for either food or natural capital, “in many cases, the only thing sustaining farming is the emotional commitment of the farmers.”

Excellent piece from the founder of Riverford.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Jeremy Clarkson: he is an obnoxious, unnecessarily gregarious, offensive excuse of a man who gives no figs for anyone or anything but himself.

Right? Well...you might be surprised 👇

yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-cultu…

Juggling balls
That’s what circus performers start with right?
Honestly the state of our gov is beyond ridic.
In it for themselves.
Sure there’s some going in for the right reasons but blow me,our political system needs burning down &rebooting-utter TRASH failing those they serve

Nice to see free range pigs choose to be outside for a change
☀️ please stay 🙏
☔️ extend that vacation - you’ve earned it 💯

Viking Way Challenge - day 9 - 979 miles walked by 72 people from the rural community walking to keep Revd Alan in post and a colleague to help him. £10,127 raised to date. 2 days to go
www.just giving.com/page/meryl-war…

Thank you to everyone who has walked, supported and donated over the last amazing 12 days. Still time to get involved to help secure Rev Alan’s post and fund a colleague -25 years of service to the rural community - we don’t want to lose him. justgiving.com/page/meryl-war…

In our response to Defra UK's consultation on food labelling:

We back plans to improve Country of Origin labelling.

But we have told Ministers the Method of Production proposals will add cost and complexity but fail to deliver transparency.

More here:npa-uk.org.uk/Defras_labelli…

The magic white stuff. 🥛

Joe Marler 👏🏽

How’s your day going 😖🙄

I made it quite clear in Defra UK consult that prod’n systems DO NOT determine welfare
When will these ppl that know0️⃣about farming nor REAL welfare recognise that it’s not as simple as they try…their approach is counterproductive to their “apparent”mission to improve welfare

Thank you Defra UK for your consultation on #foodlabelling
Hopefully the outcome will prevent me having to do this again and horrifying consumers that product they thought was British actually wasn’t

#BuyBritish #biteintobritish #backbritishfarming #NoFarmersNoFood

Avoid supermarkets. Shop wherever else you can- indie shops, markets, box schemes, farm shops, mail order.
Support real food and your local community

🐄 A Pembrokeshire dairy farmer has lost 53 more cows to bovine TB and slammed the Welsh government for its ongoing failure to tackle the disease in all areas.

READ MORE: fwi.co.uk/livestock/heal…

It's a shame this needs to be said. Thank a farmer! 🚜 🇬🇧

New beds
Let’s hope they’re not laced with grenades like the last two 💣🙄 #kelpies

Indulgent BH dinner
Venison from the field next door with pork&apple sausage meat wrapped in pancetta (nicked from our butchery next door🥷)
With new season asparagus, purple sprouting 🥦 and baby 🥕 with tarragon
All smoked over beechwood 🔥
#biteintobritish #backbritishfarming