A vet & an ecologist learning to farm on the beautiful Isle of Islay. We aim to produce sustainable beef that delivers for the environment & biodiversity
Port Ellen, Scotland
Joined February 2019
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Cornabus Farm retweeted
Farmers are totally perplexed
1950-1990 cheap food
1990-2010 oh shit that crashes nature
2016 green BREXIT
2020-23 public goods for public £
2024 not quite enough £
2025 we’ve lost interest - can you do cheap food and nature with no funding?
This wasn’t on anyone’s bingo card
Cornabus Farm retweeted
Greenland White-fronts leaving Islay on a NW flightline over my house this morning. This is the only time that they fly over in this direction in any numbers. Volume up.
Cornabus Farm retweeted
To grow food, we need nature. The UK Government must increase investment in nature friendly farming. #NatureCantWait
Sign and share the petition. action.rspb.org.uk/page/1561…
Cornabus Farm retweeted
It's #WorldWildlifeDay and to celebrate I've put together a little introductory film for my brand new YouTube Channel. I would love it if you checked it out and hit those like and subscribe buttons. 🐋
youtu.be/Y--frN3pJHI?si=aXrt…
Cornabus Farm retweeted
Shame on you @Keir_Starmer
The choice wasn’t between funding the NHS and a tax break - a staggeringly ill-judged explanation
You just killed the last vestiges of any social contract with British farmers
Well done to the farmers who blocked him in today - escalate it
Cornabus Farm retweeted
I wrote this about offset BS
And how politicians are backing away from environmental responsibilities - on the left and right of the spectrum
(Strange photo and headline maybe, but I don’t choose those) unherd.com/2025/02/labours-w…
Cornabus Farm retweeted
Jeez… this is some Orwellian doublespeak if ever I saw some
Almost everything green is now co-opted and abused for dodgy ends
It is so depressing
Nature restoration funding is now for speeding building of roads, houses and airports?
Cornabus Farm retweeted
Our new study is now published in Bird Study on the effects of avian influenza on the Greenland Barnacle Geese
Find a summary on our website ecologyconsult.co.uk/project…
Or read the full paper at tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Cornabus Farm retweeted
📢New paper on planting #hedgerows
How much additional soil carbon builds up after planting hedges on grassland?
We looked at hedge #soil carbon storage across regions with different geologies and climate in England
📜doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2025.…
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Cornabus Farm retweeted
Don’t panic people said… the ever sensible @ProfTimLang
Hold my beer, said the headline writer… but hey ho, whatever gets attention on this vital issue
unherd.com/2024/12/a-food-ap…
Cornabus Farm retweeted
Our lack of care for farming and food systems in the U.K. is a national disgrace and on a scale that staggers belief
This shows the % of ultra processed food we eat - people are right to reject angrily the further degradation of our foods
Good farming matters
Real food matters
Cornabus Farm retweeted
This is an excellent article that perfectly sums up the situation. Like James, I realise I have been a naive fool that actually believed that the Government wanted to help us transition to nature and climate friendly farming as part of our legacy to our children and for the future of the planet. I realise now it was all just bull…….
I wrote a thing.
(And, for clarity, I don’t want any kind of revolt, I want to stay home and do my job) unherd.com/2024/11/a-farmers…
Cornabus Farm retweeted
A Greater Short-toed Lark feeding in a cut silage field down at @CornabusFarm here on Islay this afternoon.
Great record, well spotted Ed and thanks for providing me an excuse to have a break from working on our annual report. 😉
Cornabus Farm retweeted
A shocking example of shifting baselines in this month’s @britishbirds. Up to 800,000 Bullfinches were trapped and shot EVERY YEAR in the 1950s, 60s and 70s to reduce damage to orchards. Now we are down to 265,000 breeding pairs. A fascinating paper by Ian Newton.
Cornabus Farm retweeted
Flying without fear: Shooting disturbance has little effect on site preferences in a conflict goose species 🪿
Demonstrates the importance of providing refuges within managed agricultural landscapes to encourage site use and minimise conflict 🏠
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14…
Cornabus Farm retweeted
The #Bokashi 🩷 is shared @CornabusFarm 🤩
#Bokashi is a process that treats manure with microorganisms that break down animal bedding & dung.
Can it really save farmers money and improve #animalhealth, #nutrientmanagement & #carbonfootprint?
In this #fieldlab, two farmers put it to the test: innovativefarmers.org/knowle…
Cornabus Farm retweeted
Great to be out setting cannon nets with my old mate @CornabusFarm ... just like the old times 😆 Oh and planning great future goose plans for Islay
Cornabus Farm retweeted
Lovely to see this pair of White-tailed eagles above @CornabusFarm even if they did flush the Greenland White-fronts we were trying to catch! 😆
Cornabus Farm retweeted
I'm not holding out much hope here but here is a direct appeal to you @AdeAdepitan 🙏
#thebigbrittishbeefbattle
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Its been a bit of while since someone did a hatchet job on the beef industry, but @adeadepitan has picked up the mantle from George Monbiot, Lewis Hamilton, Chris Packham et al and re-lit the anti red meat beacon with #TheBigBritishBeefBattle
xitter.cf/AdeAdepitan/status/173…
Cornabus Farm retweeted
💬 “We need to work with our natural system to let nature recover. We can’t continue to do what we've done for the last 30-40 years or we’ll not move forward” - Johnny Blair
Hear how Johnny has worked to regenerate his soil: ow.ly/IFxI50Q5saS
