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Losing the Muscle from Brussels risks leaving the environment protected by a Paper Tiger
Now that the consultation over the future of farm support in England has finished, Defra – the UK Government‘s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – tells us that more than 44,000 responses have been received. So many thanks … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, European environment policy, Lush Times, No Tern Unstoned
Tagged Brexit, Lush Times, Michael Gove, new watchdog
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Sainsburys and Asda’s owners are “in the money”, but the cost is on us.
A shock wave ran through the world of food, farming and shopping last week as news of a plan to merge supermarket giants Sainsburys and Asda was leaked. Supermarkets now dominate food shopping – and many other parts of … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Lush Times, No Tern Unstoned, supermarkets
Tagged Asda, cheap food, Lush Times, No Tern Unstoned, Sainsburys
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We are what we Eat
The old adage “We are what we eat” is only partly true, at best. We eat vegetables but we are not vegetables. Similarly, those of us who eat meat are, in a real sense, meat – but we are not … Continue reading
Writing elsewhere
It will not have escaped your powerful observational skills, dear reader, that there has been little going on at “a new nature blog”, for the last few months. Have I given up writing, developed a terrible case of bloggers block, … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Food, Lush Times, Red Tractor
Tagged Brexit, Food, Lush Times, Red Tractor
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The rise of ChariTina – and why she will be the perfect Charity Commission chair
In last week’s No Tern Unstoned Column (which you can find here) I explored the double standards operating in the murky world of philanthrocapitalism. To boil it down for you, the article explores how charitable giving (through misogny-fests like the … Continue reading
What they say….and what they do.
For the past 84 years, January, in the farming calendar, has seen the Great and the Good gather together for the Oxford Farming Conference. For the past 9 years, those Great and the Good have been challenged, heckled, and generally … Continue reading
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