Its the Farm & Country schools event this week. 1500 Cornish schoolchildren get the chance to learn about farming and food production #foodandfarming #cornishfarming #cornishfood #royalcornwall

Setting up for the Farm & Country event is well underway and the combine has arrived to take centre stage.

Great first day of Farm & Country 2024. Thanks to all the wonderful volunteer stewards that make it all possible, here having a quiet moment before 700 children arrive.

Learning how farmers grow veg at Farm & Country 2024 #cornwallfarming #riviera #cornishfood #royalcornwall

MPs are currently debating food security in the Commons.

That's all, folks! Off home now. Cornwall's Farm & Country schools event over for another year.

Farmers out in force in Westminster this evening for Save British Farming 🇬🇧 demo. Three key asks on food imports, food labelling, and food security.

Well done Cornwall! We need more local authorities to do the same and support our farmers. #NoFarmersNoFood

Get into the roots of farming and visit a farm for Open Farm Sunday! On Sunday 9th June, hundreds of farms will be opening their gates to the public, giving you an insight into the world of farming. Find a farm to visit: farmsunday.org/visit-a-farm #OFS24

Great first day of Royal Cornwall 2024. Food and Farming pavilion full of lovely local produce. Highly recommend Cornish Gouda’s new honey and clover.

Covering parking lots with solar panels is a hell of a lot more sensible than plastering them over prime agricultural land.

Cornish new potatoes are on promotion in Tesco stores now. Delicious soft skinned with a buttery taste. Look for the black and white flag.

“A new campaign aims to expose misleading 'farmwashing' practices adopted by retailers, who are 'exploiting' the public and farmers with the use of fake farm brands.” farminguk.com/news/retailers…

Then we don’t have national security I was with Professor Tim Lang this afternoon and asked him how many days food security we have He’s written a book about this and is respected expert. He was very clear we have… 3 DAYS

Following on from James Rebanks James Rebanks post: Tim Lang will be speaking on this very subject, food security, at our 2025 conference in Cornwall 27 Feb Royal Cornwall showground. More info and tickets available soon.

CFFG’s Conference 2025 Food Security: Resilience in a Changing World UK now produces less than 60% of its food. To look at threats posed by recent trends and positive ways in which Cornwall can react. 27 Feb, Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge. 10:00 – 16:30. Tickets £15

CFFG’s Conference 2025 Food Security: Resilience in a Changing World Key speakers headed by Professor Tim Lang Emeritus Professor of Food Policy. City University of London, world leader in the field of food policy and prolific award-winning author. cornwallfoodandfarming.org

We know🇬🇧consumers want British You @tesco Asda know consumers want British We know you know consumers want British We know you exploit this by telling consumers you Back British Farmers The imports beneath overhead marketing suggest you find duping your customers acceptable 1/2