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Guest blog by Vicki Hird: Horticulture Strategy Ditched: a Massive Backward Step for the Fruit and Veg We need
The Farm Minister Mark Spencer MP recently announced that the Government will not produce the Horticulture Strategy, promised in the Government’s food strategy. Sustain’s Head of Farming Vicki Hird vents her huge frustration at this backwards step and sets out … Continue reading
Posted in Food, food security, fruit and veg, guest blogs, Vicki Hird
Tagged Food, fruit and veg, Guest Blog, Vicki Hird
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Guest Blog: Is Rebugging the Planet possible? by Vicki Hird
A guest blog today from Vicki Hird, whose new book Rebugging the Planet: The Remarkable Things that Insects (and Other Invertebrates) Do – And Why We Need to Love Them More has just been published. My new book, Rebugging the … Continue reading
Posted in bugs, guest blogs, Uncategorized, Vicki Hird
Tagged bugs, farming, Guest Blog, Invertebrates, Vicki Hird
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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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Guest Blog: Soil Association response to 25 Year Environment Plan
A guest blog today from Laura MacKenzie, Head of Policy (farming and land-use) at the Soil Association. Soil at heart of 25 year environment plan Last week, the Prime Minister gave her first major speech on the environment, … Continue reading
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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New Natural Areas: time to really make space for nature and people? Guest Blog by Steve Jones
Over at Mark Avery’s blog, Steve Jones outlined the idea of creating a series of pilot New Natural Areas, a new class of natural landscape to sit alongside National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Steve stressed that … Continue reading
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
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