Still learning after all these years, still learning....especially about food, agriculture and policy...and life. Played Rugby a long, long time ago.
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ProfDavidBarling retweeted
The University of Hertfordshire is looking to cut £20 million from its budget, impacting 200 jobs, saying it has to go further because of the “scale of the challenge” it faces.
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ProfDavidBarling retweeted
And this one led by our colleagues at LSE shows public support for eco-social transformation is very high in the US & UK. When policies are described, support is high regardless of label. Support is lower when "degrowth" is used without explanation. thelancet.com/journals/lanpl…
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
Well, here we go. End of Humanities at an institution that championed Humanities even when it was a 1950s Tech College. CP Snow was a fan & wrote in his famous "Two Cultures" (1959) that "the intellectual life of the whole of western society" rested on Science & Humanities.
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
I’m hearing that Andy Burnham has purchased a meal deal at WH Smith in Euston station. Beth, Sam and Sophy are en route to ask the checkout assistant what flavour crisps he chose.
Meanwhile Nigel Farage trousered a £5m bung and didn’t declare it.
Back to the crisps story.
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
Looks like the mood is hardening against Chris Mason and momentum to oust him building. Seems unlikely he will last the week. Close associates Zeffman and Kuenssberg also in danger, according to political insiders
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
I really hope @BBCNews and @BBCPolitics take stock of how they have reported on Keir Starmer over last 2 days. At each development, reporters such as Laura Kuenssberg and Chris Mason have claimed that Starmer has to go - which is beginning to sound like they want him to go.
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
There absolutely should be more resignations today.
Sam Coates
Beth Rigby
Chris Mason
Laura Kuensberg
Would be a good start.
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
He really has to go! Everyone hates him He's lied too often! For the sake of the nation, please resign Chris Mason!
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
Imports of hormone treated beef and chlorinated chicken remain illegal.
Any agricultural imports coming into the UK will have to meet our high food (SPS) standards.
3/5🧵
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
New report out on our food system resilience by @ProfTimLang theguardian.com/environment/…
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
We’re all set up for the Festival of Innovation, come talk to us about @WarwickCrop @WarwickGRU @WarwickVeGIN @BeanMealsUK in @warwickarts
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
We’re really excited to launch our Food Systems Toolkit with our friends at Sustainable Food Places. It’s full of tools to help stakeholders transform local food through engaging and robust approaches. Read more: eci.ox.ac.uk/news/place-base…
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
It's happening. We're on @BBCCountryfile Dec. 01st.
"John Craven & Margherita Taylor explore Woodoaks Farm in Hertfordshire, where efforts are under way to restore nature’s balance & reconnect people with farming. John discovers the rural heritage of the farm."
Trailed tonight.
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
Sources are saying their understanding is that food safety will go to agri - ie under the new Agriculture and Food Commissioner, @CHansenEU
If true, this means the gene editing (NGTs, new GMOs, etc.) file would switch hands from DG SANTE to DG AGRI
The question is: we have agriculture with food, and health with animal welfare... but where will food safety land in the Commissioner's portfolios, with @CHansenEU or @OliverVarhelyi?
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
Our plan for farming includes:
🍽️ A National Food Strategy to ensure food security, tackle rising food prices, end food poverty and improve health & nutrition.
🧑🌾 Properly funding ELMs with an extra £1 billion a year to support profitable, sustainable & nature-friendly farming
🟡 Launching the @LibDems manifesto today, party leader @EdwardJDavey accused the Conservative government of taking farmers and rural communities for granted.
READ MORE: fwi.co.uk/news/lib-dems-laun…
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
Tomorrow is #WorldPulsesDay – so we've made a new video showing some of the families we've worked with creating brilliant bean meals! Watch it here: tinyurl.com/35we5vam #LovePulses
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
Great to read about the @WarwickCrop beans grown by @wheat_daddy rolling off the canning factory line today. These are the bean varieties we’re using in the project. bbc.com/news/uk-england-linc…
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
And here they are: the Top 5 lessons learned from the 14th @MycotoxinForum in #Antwerp😎 It shall be added that it is all about finding the right balance of measures to achieve sustainable #mycotoxin management against the backdrop of #climate change!
@QUBFoodProf
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
Excited to share my first first-author paper, just out on @_Food_Policy!📖
I'm very proud of this work, which covers a topic I'm passionate about and that is at the core of my PhD project.
Thanks to my co-authors @samoasamo @barling_prof and @thefoodrules
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
ProfDavidBarling retweeted
Broad beans... school dinner nightmare, or the best British veg? Ruth Sanderson visits the Perthshire farm which grows half - yes HALF! - the UK's total commercial crop. On Your Farm, Sunday 6.35am @BBCRadio4 . Or at more civilised hours on @BBCSounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001q0j…