Articles

View below a selection of articles Joe has written, contributed to or have been written about him and the Allerton Project farm.

Opinion: Climate change is here – don’t believe the deniers

A few weeks ago I was listening to Radio 4’s The World Tonight as I did the washing up. The hairs on the back of my neck started to prickle as I...

Opinion: Government ignoring food security warning signs

The bestselling book and Hollywood film The Big Short explains the global financial crisis of 2007-08 from the viewpoint of a handful of industry...

LEAF Open Farm Sunday Virtual Farm Visits @ Allerton Project | Springtime

Join us for a virtual farm tour around the Allerton Project with Joe Stanley. Joe gives us an insight into how so many of our amenities link into...

Opinion: Paying tribute to one of farming’s greatest leaders

The reach of the life of Charles Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, was elucidated upon his recent passing at the age of 97 by the scale of the tributes paid...

Opinion: Why farmers must reach across the rural urban divide

Time spent off-farm can be important in lending a sense of perspective.At the best of times, farmers are liable to spend every waking (and sleeping)...

Opinion: New ELM scheme will favour larger farms more than BPS

Farmers can’t go green if they’re in the red”, is an observation coined by the NFU to describe the intractable link between food production and the...