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Truss and the Attack on Nature
How long ago it seems when I was writing my last blog considering what impact a Liz Truss prime ministerial reign might look like. Now, just a few weeks later we have a clearer idea – and the vision is … Continue reading
Farming After Brexit: Golden Age or Great Betrayal?
It’s now just 30 days until we leave the transition period (we already left the EU last January) and, depending on how you look at it, are once again a Sovereign State able to take back control and make our … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture policy, Brexit, Uncategorized
Tagged Agriculture, Brexit, Farming is Changing
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Farm based inspiration out of the Westminster Bubble: guest blog by Vicki Hird
Policy work these days can be stifling; keeping you stuck to a desk, locked in meetings and shuffling around Westminster. It is only a matter of time before we hear news of Brexit fatigue or even burn out. The sheer … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture policy, Brexit, guest blogs, Vicki Hird
Tagged Agriculture, Brexit, Guest Blog, Sustain, Vicki Hird
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The Nitrogen Dilemma
Are humans, and everything we do, part of nature? Or have we evolved to the point where what we do is no longer considered “natural”? This might seem like a philosophical question, but the answer to it has a great … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture policy, agrochemicals, eutrophication, No Tern Unstoned
Tagged Agriculture, eutrophication, Nitrogen, No Tern Unstoned
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Health and Harmony: Last chance to respond.
I’m posting this here as well as on the PNN website, for maximum reach. It’s the People Need Nature response to Michael Gove’s consultation on the future of agriculture in England. If you haven’t submitted a response yet, please find … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture policy, Brexit, People Need Nature
Tagged Agriculture, Brexit, Health and Harmony, Michael Gove, People Need Nature
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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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Why Taxpayers need a “housemate agreement with Farmers: Guest Blog by Vicki Hird.
The dreaded ‘red tape’ and interference in farm decisions under the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is why many UK farmers voted ‘leave’. But I aim to justify the uncomfortable but … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Brexit, guest blogs, Vicki Hird
Tagged Agriculture, Brexit, guest blogs, Sustain, Vicki Hird
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A further peep behind the curtain of Defra’s thinking about Environment and Agriculture after Brexit
Thanks to the impending General Election, Defra has allowed us another peep behind the curtain to show their thinking about the Environment and Agriculture after Brexit. A hastily thrown together response to the House of Lords EU Environment and Energy … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Brexit, Common Agricultural Policy, Defra, environmental policy
Tagged Agriculture, Brexit, Defra, Environment, House of Lords
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Farmland nature is in intensive care
A week has past and I’m still at home. I finished my latest course of antibiotics yesterday (yay) and am drug-free for the first time in 3 weeks, for which I am very thankful. Now I need to start work … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, agrochemicals, Intensive Farming
Tagged Agriculture, Intensive Farming, nature, neonicotinoids, rob yorke
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Time to Put Chemical Farming Indoors by Chris Rose
I’m republishing this (with permission) from Chris Rose’s Three Worlds blog. Time to put Chemical Farming Indoors A current side-effect of the prospect of Brexit is that Britain’s* green, countryside and wildlife groups are in an unusual fever of … Continue reading
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