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View below a selection of articles Joe has written, contributed to or have been written about him and the Allerton Project farm.
Opinion: No deal is better than a bad deal when it comes to trade
On the night that former Defra secretary Owen Patterson’s true-blue North Shropshire seat fell to the Lib Dems with a swing of 29,000 votes in the...
Opinion: The loss of a child prompts thoughts on farm safety
Farmers Weekly – October 2021
Last week fell to me the unhappy duty of burying my own child. At 36, it’s not an experience I imagined I would have to bear, alongside my wife. Little baby George was born very early and unexpectedly.….
A view from the farm – the Allerton Project
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust – August 2021
Many farmers only ever experience the privilege of farming in a single place. Roots go down, families are raised, immutable connections forged. From infancy to expiry, entire lives are lived…
Opinion: Seize the moment to tell the farming story
Farmers Weekly – July 2021
When Jeremy Clarkson announced he was to star in a television series about farming on his 400ha Cotswold estate for Amazon Prime, I was pretty sceptical. Although I’ve always found Jeremy’s antics…
Opinion: Don’t let buzzwords put you off farming change
Farmers Weekly – June 2021
At his inaugural address in 1933, US president Franklin D Roosevelt proclaimed: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself…which paralyses needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” He was…
The dangers abroad for lower UK food production
Farmers Weekly – April 2021
As the fifth year since the Brexit referendum unfolds, farmers are finally learning more about our future agricultural policy. ELM, SFI, FIF; the three-letter acronyms are now flowing thick and…
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