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First day of #ORFC18
Around 800 people descended on Oxford Town Hall yesterday morning to attend the 9th Oxford Real Farming Conference. This is my third time attending the event, but it feels just as exciting and in many ways just as groundbreaking as…
Will farm subsidies be slashed after Brexit? Guest Blog by Guy Shrubsole, campaigner at Friends of the Earth,
“After we Vote Leave”, said the official Leave campaign’s farming leaflet, “we can protect farmers’ subsidies – and even increase them”. Eighteen months on from the Brexit referendum, that promise is looking decidedly shaky. The Government has pledged … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Brexit, guest blogs
Tagged Brexit, farm support, Guest Blog, guy shrubsole
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Michael Gove: his battle with the Truth
We need to talk about Michael, especially those within the broad environmental sector, to which I belong, though mostly sitting on the sidelines observing these days. Michael is our new Best Friend. Michael promises us all manner of goodies. … Continue reading
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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Brexit will save us from the Obama Flatworm, claims #OPatz.
The impact of invasive species, so we are repeatedly told, is one of the biggest threats to the future of global biodiversity. Himalayan balsam rampages through the countryside, while Ash dieback has now reached about two thirds of the native … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, invasive species, Owen Paterson
Tagged Brexit, Invasive species, Owen Paterson
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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
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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Brexit one year on: Instability Rules.
A year ago today I wrote this piece about Turkeys having voted for Christmas. It doesn’t seem a year ago though – more like a decade. The Tory party project to shrink the state, shrink the economy and tear … Continue reading
The First New Agriculture Act in 70 years creates an opportunity for farming, food and nature
The UK is to have its first new major Agriculture Act since 1947. There have been minor Agriculture Acts which made amendments to the 47 Act (eg in 1970) and in 1986, but by then agriculture was governed by rules … Continue reading
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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