
Janet Hughes
@janethughes
Director for farming and countryside at @Defragovuk. Allotmenteer, reader, over-enthusiast. Here to learn and make things work better. @jacattell’s wife :)
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16-02-2009 20:04:25
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Had a fantastic day yesterday hosting Defra UK Daniel Zeichner and Janet Hughes to talk about #FiPL and the importance of farming in the Lake District. Huge thanks to James Rebanks Ullswater Catchment Management CIC Claire Beaumont Dodgson Wood Maria Benjamin and Sue Hayman. Steve Ratcliffe





Summer cover crop looking fab on some land that was too wet to drill this spring. Sunflowers, buckwheat, linseed & phacelia at height, clovers below. A great soil conditioner & diverse habitat for nature. Kings Janet Hughes The Green Farm Collective Tamara Hall


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Join us at the Allerton Project on 15th November 0930-1500 for an update on SFI & other environmental income streams from: ▶️ Janet Hughes of Defra UK ▶️ Jim Egan of Kings ▶️ Jenny Bussell of The Allerton Project ▶️ Matt Ryan of Nestlé UK & Ireland eventbrite.co.uk/e/future-farmi…

Heading to Westmorland Show today - looking forward to it some lively discussions, amazing community and brilliant displays of the finest farming and rural practices, products and livestock as ever! :)

We've had a busy second day at the Westmorland County Show. Earlier this afternoon, NFU Deputy President David Exwood and members met with Defra UK's Farming and Countryside Director Janet Hughes and Permanent Secretary Tamara Finkelstein and the RPA to discuss SFI.


Another great day Westmorland Show. My Dad entertaining, meeting Janet Hughes and Tamara Finkelstein, and seeing the beautiful heavy horses….and meeting beautiful farmers of course.


We've gone 'live'... register bit.ly/3TsWRKQ for our Northern Farming Conference Hexham Auction Mart - 6 November - fab speakers incl. Janet Hughes Awal Fuseini, PhD Helen browning (Soil Association) Rachael Brown Michael Blanche (Michael Blanche) +++



Final day of preps ahead of our webinar tomorrow afternoon with Janet Hughes Defra UK RPA Natural England It's proving so popular we've expanded our registration capacity so you can still register to join us 👍


Afternoon all :) After 5 years in my role in Defra, I'm going to be leaving this June to take up a new role as Director General of Civil Service Reform and Efficiency in the Cabinet Office. I'm massively grateful to everyone I've had the pleasure of working with over the