"EU countries have come 1 step closer to selling out their food system to just a handful of corporations like Bayer & BASF, which are also the largest pesticide producers. Again, it's the people who'll pay the price: risks to the environment & health will no longer be considered"

Thanks to Farmers Weekly for including a few thoughts I had on some of the Governments comments in Parliament this week

What hope for meeting climate targets when people choose to fly there and back repeatedly in a day, just because they can 🤦‍♂️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I wouldn’t let that group of people, collectively, tell me what to feed my children or how to farm my land… And they are gonna advise government on how we all eat and farm - great

Defra cuts coming, Steve Reed the environment secretary tells the enviro audit committee- he said the Office for Environmental Protection and the "rest of Defra" will "have to do more with less" and that the priority has to be "cutting NHS waiting lists"

This is why it is a huge mistake for an appointed body by government to be full of food industry people.

A level of income that the vast majority of farmers can only dream of , and the govt still wants to tax to make farm income even lower

What a gorgeous morning!

I see govt are releasing the 2024 sewage dumping numbers tomorrow, the day after the budget, or as our American cousins would call it Take Out The Trash Day. As the media will be focusing heavily on all things budget it's the perfect day to bury all the sh*t you would really

It looks like dairy farms in Lancashire have had the rug pulled from under them with the takeover of Yew Tree Dairy by Muller Losing money in the way Farmers Weekly describe today can't go on How can milk be so cheap?

I see the "top nutritionist", actually a research nutritionist working for the connection company Zoe, is at it again muddying the water around UPF thetimes.com/life-style/hea…

5. Sunshine duration in hours per year. USA and Europe

UK farming needs more women but, even more, we need to support and recognise those already in farming womeninfoodandfarming.org/post/does-agri…

Getting critical now for our National Parks thetimes.com/uk/environment…

Just published: "The societal role of meat and livestock—what the science says" (Belk, Ederer & Leroy) academic.oup.com/af/article/15/…

"In 2024, 46% of workers reported that they would need a graduate level qualification if they were to apply for their current job today. This is up from 20% in 1986." Often degree holders aren't needed, just demanded 🙄 theconversation.com/whos-thriving-…

My nomination for quote of the day: "It’s like claiming to have brought Napoleon back from the dead by asking a short French man to wear his hat" "De-extiction" is hype theconversation.com/why-de-extinct…

World Curlew Day - Extinction by changing the subject On World Curlew Day, it makes sense to examine the causes of population decline in wading birds, but - Article by Ian Coghill Please share widely scribehound.com/countryside/sh…

When will we learn to stop adding to our existing stock of properties at flood risk? 🤷‍♂️

Defra’s farming budget figures are finally out - story to come - but see how the farming budget is being cut each year. Reforms to the sustainable farming incentive will be announced soon, apparently