by admin | Aug 9, 2022 | All, Published Articles
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 listened to reports of extreme weather lashing the globe from...
by admin | Aug 9, 2022 | All, Published Articles
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 insiders who foresaw the calamity years in advance.What’s...
by admin | Jun 27, 2022 | All, Other Information
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 what they grow on farm, from Rapeseed oil and...
by admin | Jun 27, 2022 | All
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 to him from the heights of the British and European...
by admin | Jun 27, 2022 | All, Published Articles
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) moment within the confines of our single business...
by admin | Feb 21, 2022 | All, Published Articles
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 farmed environment, as English farmers transition from...