Tag Archives: Agriculture

Truss and the Attack on Nature

Posted on October 2, 2022 by Miles King

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 →

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Farming After Brexit: Golden Age or Great Betrayal?

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Miles King

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 →

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Farm based inspiration out of the Westminster Bubble: guest blog by Vicki Hird

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Miles King

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 →

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The Nitrogen Dilemma

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Miles King

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 →

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Health and Harmony: Last chance to respond.

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Miles King

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 →

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LEGOs, Landscapes and Catchments – guest blog by @UKSustain farm campaigner @VickiHird

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Miles King

  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 →

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Why Taxpayers need a “housemate agreement with Farmers: Guest Blog by Vicki Hird.

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Miles King

                  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 →

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A further peep behind the curtain of Defra’s thinking about Environment and Agriculture after Brexit

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Miles King

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 →

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Farmland nature is in intensive care

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Miles King

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 →

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Time to Put Chemical Farming Indoors by Chris Rose

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Miles King

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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