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, 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...
by admin | Feb 21, 2022 | All, Published Articles
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 recent bi-election, the Department for International...
by admin | Oct 19, 2021 | All, Published Articles
Opinion: The loss of a child prompts thoughts on farm safety 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...
by admin | Sep 1, 2021 | All, Published Articles
A view from the farm – the Allerton Project 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 within….. Game &...