Proper farmers with mud on our boots, growing & delivering 100% organic produce. Leading the #VegRevolution since 1986. Follow our online mag @WickedLeeksmag
Devon, UK
Joined October 2008
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Dear supermarkets, a plea for integrity…
We’ve written to the CEOs of the Big Six supermarkets @Tesco @sainsburys @asda @Morrisons @AldiUK & @LidlGB asking them to be honest about where their food comes from & #stopfarmwashing
Find out more: stopfarmwashing.co.uk
Happy 1st of December all! Some things are worth waiting for - introducing our #christmasad ‘The Longest Wait.’ ✨ If you know, you know… 😉
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#riverfordchristmasad #thelongestwait
Has your veg travelled further than you this summer? ☀️ ✈️
Loads of harvests are at their peak in the UK now - so why don’t our supermarket shelves reflect that? Imports are really important, but when it’s in season here, now, it should be on our shelves.
#travelshameyourveg
It’s #farm24 today. A chance to get a glimpse of farms around the UK for 24 hrs, and celebrate the amazing work our farmers do. Here’s to our own amazing farm teams, who work out in all weathers, picking, planting, weeding and always managing a smile! @FarmersGuardian
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By the end of the year, you won’t know whether you’re eating a new #GMO food or not. Help needed! If you care about whether you eat, grow or buy genetically-edited food then it’s time to support a campaign holding the government to account, says @Riverford wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/…
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🎙️We're excited to share that episode 14 of #TheClimateResiliencePodcast is now live!
In this riveting episode, Phil is joined by @Riverford founder and #OrganicFarming pioneer Guy Singh-Watson.
Click the link to listen now:
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Two futures. One grounded in real soil, real food & trust. The other in secrecy, synthetic food & deregulation. What kind of food system do you want? We’re taking the fight for #GMO transparency to court. Support our legal challenge to #StopHiddenGMOs at crowdjustice.com/case/stop-h…
News from the farm: early strawberries in short supply
After 40 years of trials, tribulations, and despair, I think we are close to developing an ethically acceptable, commercially viable method of growing strawberries with their roots in the soil.
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Just look at that -!
Beautiful as this is - a rose among lettuces - it doesn’t change the fact that ‘lettuces’ is probably the most ridiculous sounding plural in the English language
Thank you @Riverford
News from the farm: Hope springs eternal...
… in the human breast.’ So wrote Alexander Pope in his 1733–34 poem, ‘An Essay on Man’. You must be fundamentally optimistic to sow a seed – so, despite our reputation, growers are mostly optimists.
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🗣️ Guy Singh-Watson - founder and Chair at @Riverford - highlights the appetite for change in the food system 👇
But he says we need to the right government regulation and greater honesty to make it work.
🔗 bit.ly/422NIgI
#climatechange #foodsystems #foodproduction
News from the farm: A perfect spring
This farmer is starting the new season with joy in his heart, and thanks for the extraordinary harmony it is our job to protect.
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News from the farm: If every spring was like this...farming would be easy.
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News from the farm: betrayal at the finish line
Farming relies on long-term decisions, requiring years of planning and careful implementation, for the promise of long-term benefits.
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News from the farm: A joyful awakening
A wonderfully dry start to spring has allowed us to spread muck and compost, plough, prepare seedbeds, and start planting spuds, peas, and artichokes in ideal conditions.
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News from the farm: Diversity, equality & inclusion - Guy Singh-Watson
"Despite professing liberal enlightenment, until ten years ago Riverford had a narrow, hierarchical culture..."
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#InternationalWomensDay
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From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "The message to consumers is loud and clear – vegetables, like clothes, must be cheap to produce, especially if supermarkets give them away for next to nothing. But, of course, this is far from the truth." – @wickedleeksmag
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Wisdom to live by: Freshly faked bread and supermarket sourfaux
This week's newsletter is from @RealBread
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News from the farm: Devon hedges and helping hands
"No county can compete with Devon’s hedges and green lanes, in height, width, or the rich diversity of plants and animals they support."
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News from the farm - by Guy Singh-Watson
Conferences, claptrap & corporate dissonance
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@OrganicLiveFood @Riverford @FarmingUK @NoFarmsNoFoods @AnnaLongthorp
Please help us to save this organic farm and the beautiful countryside it protects
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#OrganicFarming #CommunityOwnership #FarmHeritage #SaveOurFarm #SupportLocalFarms #BritishFarm
