Farming on the Isle of Wight, growing biogas crops, exploring regenerative farming, & in my spare time printmaking https://xitter.cf/t.co/lOCP5TN5ve
Isle of Wight
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Watch live as the National Farmers' Union (NFU) holds a press conference after meeting with the Treasury to provide an update on discussions over changes to inheritance tax for agricultural property and businesses xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1yoKMoNDm…
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‘The government have abdicated responsibility- to Tesco’. Guy Sigh-Watson outside parliament this morning. It’s almost time for our #GetFairAboutFarming petition to be debated.
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Now in it's 3rd year, Countryside COP runs from 20-24 November. The schedule is packed with events on a wide range of issues surrounding rural sustainability and the efforts of British farmers and growers on their mission to achieve net-zero.
Read more👉ow.ly/4ccK50Q8i04
For any tenants affected by land use changes please do complete this survey
Calling all tenant farmers! 🚜🐑
Have environmental schemes or markets affected your tenancy?
Share your experiences in our survey to help us make informed policies decisions
Fill out the survey here 👉 nfuonline.com/updates-and-in…
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Given anger around the RT Greener Farms Commitment, my latest piece for @FarmersWeekly is pertinent:
“You get the food system you pay for & we’re paying bottom dollar…corporates voice platitudes about the natural world, but do nothing to help us act”.
reader.fwi.co.uk/pugpig_enha…
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Deputy president of @nfutweets Tom Bradshaw said he was ‘alarmed’ by the @RedTractorFood board’s decision to bypass the technical committees and sector boards.
farmersguardian.com/news/413…
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I was on @BBCFarmingToday from 2:54 talking about the @RedTractorFood Greener Farms Commitment and why farmers don’t want to give away sustainability improvements for free to retailers.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001r8…
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Richard Bramley (@SustEnvFarming) talks about the benefit of having wildflower margins in his fields"🌻🌱
#BackBritishFarming
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Caring for nature while producing delicious oats for our breakfast🌾🤝🥣
NFU Deputy President Tom Bradshaw (@ProagriLtd) explains how British farmers are helping our beloved birds, bugs and pollinators by planting wildflowers alongside crops🐝🏵️
#BackBritishFarming
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NFU Vice President David Exwood (@DavidatWestons) tells us why the soil is at the heart of his farming system 🌱
#BackBritishFarming
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Joe Stanley (@JoeWStanley) explains why cover crops play a vital role in nature-friendly farming🌻
Cover crops:
🍃Protect the soil and increase nutrition
🍃Capture carbon from the atmosphere
🍃Improve the health of the soil
#BackBritishFarming
Caroline Knox retweeted
You're welcome! Hoping to be back on IOW soon so I'll look out for your work there too. (Maybe I got the cards at Quarr?)
(I'll be litter picking again when I'm back, this time sponsored. If you feel like RTing that'd be nice- but really no pressure justgiving.com/crowdfunding/… )
I am all set up at @newburyshow in the Eden Craft tent on aisle C.
Great to see this show back with us! I hope it's a fabulous weekend as lots has gone in to organising it all #newburyshow
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Anyone fancy telling me the best way to respond to this camper?? 😂
#wildcamping #wales
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🏴 @NFUStweets has expressed alarm over a new report which projects the beaver population in Scotland will soar to 10,000 by the end of the decade.
fwi.co.uk/news/environment/e…
Cuckoos!
Not something I ever expected to capture on camera!
@NFUCountryside @BBCSpringwatch
Its National Dawn Chorus Day and here is the sound of the Song Thrush I hear each morning
@NFUCountryside @NFUEnvironment #nationaldawnchorusday
If your interested in farming with beavers here in the UK you may find this ineresting
fas.scot/publication/thrill-…
