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LEGOs, Landscapes and Catchments – guest blog by @UKSustain farm campaigner @VickiHird
I am delighted to post another guest blog from Sustain’s Campaign Co-ordinator for Food and Farming Policy, Vicki Hird. The rich debate about how we deliver new farming and land management support after we leave the CAP is … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Brexit, farm subsidies, guest blogs, Uncategorized
Tagged Agriculture, Agriculture policy, Brexit, farming, Sustain, Vicki Hird
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Guest Blog: Agri-environment – a need for detailed scrutiny, by Steve Peel
As the process of changing from an European agriculture policy into a UK one starts, I’m delighted to publish a guest blog by former Natural England grassland specialist Steve Peel. Steve looks at how … Continue reading
Michael Gove and the American Neoconservatives
Last week I wrote about Michael Gove’s surprise arrival as Secretary of State for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs. There is so much more to write about this, but time is limited and I will not be able to … Continue reading
Recycle and Re-use: Andrea Leadsom has nothing new to say about the Environment, Food or Farming.
Secretary of State for the Environment Andrea Leadsom, like so many of her Cabinet colleagues, has been missing from this General Election campaign. It’s all been about the PM as President, President May. Leadsom did surface briefly on Monday to … Continue reading
Sheepwrecked or a World Heritage Site? Thoughts on the Lake District
As the inevitability of President Theresa May being crowned on June the 9th seems without doubt now, we are hurtling, possibly out of control towards the exit, or rather the hard Brexit. This means the UK tumbles out of the … Continue reading
Four Years of a New Nature Blog
I can’t quite believe it but I wrote the first post on this blog four years ago today. Since then I have written 387 different posts with a total of over 250,000 page views. You can see which posts have … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, Uncategorized
Tagged anniversary, new nature blog, People Need Nature
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No gathering Eggs for May: it has to be Easter
Can it really be true that there isn’t enough to keep our Prime Minister busy these days? Theresa May, while cosying up to the Extreme Islamic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, still finds time to lambast the National Trust, for removing … Continue reading
Posted in easter, National Trust, symbolism, Theresa May, Uncategorized
Tagged Easter Eggs, National Trust, Theresa May
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Brexit Bill Day of Reckoning for Labour MPs beckons
When so many things are happening so quickly, it can be difficult to decide what to write about, or even dismiss the idea that anything I write will be worth anyone’s time writing. There is also the small challenge of … Continue reading
Blogging in 2016: a quick review
As it’s nearing the end of the calendar year, I thought I’d look back at the blogging that I’ve done this year and some of the highlights. I will leave it to you to tell me about the lowlights. I … Continue reading
Farmers Union attacks public goods approach to post-Brexit farm policy
While there is still nothing new coming from the Government on what a post- Brexit farm policy will look like, The Farmers Unions are gearing up to have their say – and they will expect to have the lion’s share … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, farm subsidies, Farmers Union of Wales, NFU, public goods, Uncategorized
Tagged Brexit, Farm policy, Farmers Union of Wales, NFU, Public Goods
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a new nature blog 