Sensible indeed; wouldn't be an issue though if farmers got more for the food they produce

Grown Green Grown Green

Farm managers/head growers: please fill in this survey looking at employee/trainee/apprenticeship needs, helping to shape a future organic horticulture apprenticeship scheme docs.google.com/forms/d/1aiVdP…

If only there was daily advice for female machinery operatives too #everydaysexism

🔊 Innovative Farmers are welcoming new applications! If you’ve got an idea to make your farm more profitable & sustainable, take part in a #fieldlab where you’ll receive research support & funding to test it out. First round closes 31 July - apply here: innovativefarmers.org/get-involved/s…

I’m a British farmer. Here’s the scary truth about what’s happening to our crops | Guy Singh-Watson theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

No mention about training/upskilling by Rishi Sunak on Farming Today when asked about labour - talk about seasonal workers visa extention, automation, & linking welfare payments to work. How about investing in skills?! Need to make horticulture a viable progressive career

'Joe Bloggs, who you might know, is on xxx social media' notifications - am I the only 1 who would be more likely to press 'Follow' if it read 'whom you might know'??! #everydaypedantry

Tactical weeding: hoeing amongst the squashes, pulling out all fat hen & would rather have almost anything else - except the pernicious couch grass

“I’m planting a haycorn, so that it can grow up into an oak tree,” said Piglet. “It’s a very difficult thing, planting, unless you know how to do it,” and he put the acorn in the hole he had made, and covered it up with earth, and jumped on it. ~A.A.Milne #GardeningX

docs.google.com/forms/d/1XD6LK… Avoiding Burnout among Farmers & Growers Survey: please fill in if you have a spare minute!

You know when you read a news story and it just keeps getting better and better…?

Proposed reforms to planning system consultation - make sure your voice is heard, particularly around rural housing, making it easier to build eco homes on farms etc gov.uk/government/con…

I'm updating a book from 2013 for a new exciting edition, and have had to delete the phrase 'phone book' I casually mentioned in a paragraph back then. Does anyone under the age of 30 even know what a phone book is/was??! #immediateobsolesence #historyoficons

Er, I'm HOPING that this is just a sympathetic glitch on the BBC Weather website...!? 😬#HurricaneWarning

Hurray for this!

If you are interested in the Precision Breeding legislation, you can download a template letter for MPs via Soil Association website soilassociation.org/news/2024/peop…

I have to say, I do enjoy a spam email starting "Good day to you". Makes me feel like there are scammers sitting around in tweed and caps, and smoking pipes

Really important survey on Neurodiversity in Farming by Farmers Weekly - fill it in if you can! I really believe that farming attracts neurodiverse folks - eg constant plate-spining is an ADHD super power survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90754610/59…

I've just written 'cabbage shite butterfly' instead of 'cabbage white butterfly' & I'm still giggling to myself 5 minutes later #simplethings #makeyourownfun