Encouraging to hear GeorgeEusticeMP calling for extensification of livestock farming & return to rotations to cut pesticide use on BBC Radio 4 Today. Now for the details. Makes this Food, Farming and Countryside Commission roadmap to agroecology a must-read for his Defra UK team. Soil Association

Can 3 economic principles improve #climatechange? What is the value of proper carbon pricing? We explore the main themes from Dieter Helm's (New College, Oxford) presentation at #FlameConf -> bit.ly/33BBRYo #Decarbonisation #EnergyTransition #ETWF #CarbonEmissions #Emissions

We've looked at wildlife, people and trees this week. Time for a few scenic shots. The River Duddon is a beautiful feature of the valley & well worth a visit to view from Birks Bridge, and along Wallabarrow Gorge. Pls RT ECOVER UK #FertilisetheFuture #UniversityofLeedsxEcover

6000 trees planted this last week in this little valley - and about another 10,000 to go in on our land in the New Year - no impact on productivity, as all at margins, in low productivity bits and in dykes - more than made up for with better grazing management

This report is hard hitting and a difficult read, but Richard’s analysis is spot on. The difference in the GHG emissions from beef production in different countries is massive and has not yet been properly factored in. It would be madness to offshore our beef production there.

Thrilled to win #BestScottishButcher Slow Food in the UK awards tonight on #TerraMadre day thank you to you all for voting and shopping with us in 2020 - proud to serve our local community Soil Association Scotland Slow Food Scotland Pasture For Life

RED KITE KILLED in barbaric illegal trap on pheasant-shooting estate - no prosecution. Another crime for you to ignore, Rebecca Pow Zac Goldsmith …ptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2020/12/11/red…

We've added gift vouchers for our full-day Cheese Making Workshops to our website today. This is a digital PDF voucher which you can either print off or forward to the recipient. It's valid for two years. theethicaldairy.co.uk/product/142

Do you follow us on Instagram? Angus D. Birditt are doing a takeover today all about #localabattoirs - check out the new article featuring John Mettrick Edge Butchers and more! sustainablefoodtrust.org/articles/the-i…

🐷🐔 Calling all #Organic Pig and Poultry farmers: Are you interested in #FeedSustainability and #AnimalWelfare? Join OK-Net-EcoFeed and others at this joint conference ... 📆 25-26 Jan 21 Read more: ow.ly/3yFG50CHJP1 Register: ow.ly/Cng450CHJP0 #H2020

Oxfordshire organic farmer Philip Day, is conducting a survey of UK organic arable farmers, as part of his MSc in #OrganicFarming at SRUC Aberdeen, to assess how they manage weeds in their crops. Please spare a few minutes to take part organicresearchcentre.com/news-events/ne…

Goodbye pizza, hello toast. Welcome to your Brexit diet So much for metropolitan elite, more like metropolitan ignorance! What a pathetic article! Maybe writer should be given some guidance by ⁦Riverford⁩. And their fantastic UK recipes! theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Although food appears cheaper than ever, when we look beneath the surface, we are actually paying far more for it than we might possibly imagine. Chris Young, Real Bread Campaign coordinator #TrueCostAccounting independent.co.uk/life-style/foo…

Mark Palmer SRUC Organic Arable Mark Lea OF&G Agricology Innovative Farmers Jake (Steven Jacobs) Abacus Agri John Pawsey 🌞 Biodynamic Assoc UK Soil Association Scotland Thanks Mark -not sure what happened there - should work now - or directly at sruc.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/weed-managemen…

POISONED RED KITE found dead on Scottish grouse moor - its satellite tag makes this an interesting police investigation. …ptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2020/12/17/poi…

Please retweet- DEFRA are wanting to interview organic farmers to help Shape the new livestock payment scheme | Soil Association Certification. soilassociation.org/certification/…

Note - ADAS, Royal Ag University and Bristol University are doing the work for DEFRA-

@LadBabyOfficial for #Christmas number one youtube.com/watch?v=s-shDE… If you dont live in the UK please remember your own food-banks!! RT please lets blow this up!! Peter Mundy @beachfarming Prof. Jude Capper 🐄🐂🐑 Mark Palmer Gareth Wyn Jones

⁦@RaptorPersScot⁩ have you ever seen anything like this? Retweet! Full of dead pheasants for attracting something, police aware. Wildlife officer never seen anything like it in 20 yrs! On N York Moors, Btn Gillamoor & Hutton Le Moor. Reported by landowner. Illegally set!

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