Zoe Leach OBE
@mrs_pig
Stalwart supporter of British agriculture! NFU Regional Director for the Eastern region, Ex CEO of NPA, 2011 Nuffield Scholar and CRL2015 survivor. Views my own
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20-02-2009 20:20:33
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The Brighton Argus has published our feature celebrating 100 years of West Sussex Growers' Association - a specialist horticultural branch of the NFU. Listen out for WSGA Chair Richard Hopkins on BBC Sussex at 11.10am today. National Farmers' Union theargus.co.uk/news/25524138.…
A powerful interview with NFU Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire Chair Freya Morgan in The Sunday Times. The Times and The Sunday Times . She highlighted the real life impact of the government's inheritance tax plans. Great column, too, from Rachel Mortimer. National Farmers' Union NFU Press Team #stopthefamilyfarmtax
ICYMI 📻| NFU NFU Bedfordshire & Huntingdonshire county chair Freya Morgan told Times Radio how planned changes to inheritance tax is having a knock-on effect on investment across the sector, making it harder for farmers to plan, grow and survive. Listen at 1:24:00 👉 ow.ly/maYe50Xaruz
After months of campaigning the NFU has successfully secured an extension of Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier agreements for more than 5,000 farmers while the new SFI offer is developed. More from NFU Deputy President David Exwood (David Exwood)👉ow.ly/FuyT50Xbcp9
Six Cambridgeshire newspapers have published our story on award-winning farmers Mat and Lloyd Smith pushing for SFI to be reopened after winning national award for sustainable farming. Mat Smith National Farmers' Union Hunts Post huntspost.co.uk/news/25592502.…
It's been great to see members at our four annual county meetings taking place this week. Thanks to David Exwood for speaking at Beds & Hunts, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Suffolk. Check the details for the remaining meetings here: tinyurl.com/35x9er9v
Standing room only at the start of our #Norfolk annual county meeting, with guest speaker President Tom Bradshaw Tom Bradshaw
NFU Kent Chair Clive Baxter and NFU Kent member John Dinnis appeared on KMTV last night to talk about the family farm tax and the alternative proposals that have been put forward. Watch back part of their interviews here. NFU Kent National Farmers' Union NFU Press Team
Listen to NFU Surrey member Hugh Broom, first, then NFU Surrey Chair Jim Simmons talking to BBC Surrey about how the government's inheritance tax plans are stifling investment, damaging the rural economy, harming food security and threating the future of family farms. NFU Press Team