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‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 55 with Llyr Jones

Ben continues his trip through north Wales and speaks to Llyr Jones. Llyr keeps 1500 sheep, 30 cattle and produces eggs for Tesco. He also co-owns the only rapeseed oil company in Wales supplying Asda, Morrisons and Sainsburys. This episode was recorded back in October. https://soundcloud.com/user-396010157/meet-the-farmers-episode-55-with-llyr-jones-in-denbighshire

Wild Justice, Natural England and this week’s Shooting License Fiasco

If you live in the UK and take any interest in the news at all then you are probably aware that last Thursday Natural England revoked the general licenses (GL04,05 and 06) that allowed anyone to shoot 16 different species* of bird including several members of the crow family, pigeons and some gulls. The useContinueContinue reading “Wild Justice, Natural England and this week’s Shooting License Fiasco”

Car Crash Ahead?

Last week I began something new on the ThinkingCountry facebook page as well as my twitter and instagram feeds. I must admit that I have been slightly late to the ‘vlogging’ scene but as they say it’s better late than never and I now completely see the benefits both for me and for you dearContinueContinue reading “Car Crash Ahead?”

Upcoming Big Farmland Bird Count + the EAT Lancet Report

Between the 8th and 17th February farmers, land managers and gamekeepers are being asked to participate in the 6th Big Farmland Bird Count by taking 30 minutes to count bird species on a particular location on their farm. This has become a critically important citizen scientific survey and the results help to give us aContinueContinue reading “Upcoming Big Farmland Bird Count + the EAT Lancet Report”

Travel with a Goat

In an age of ‘isms’, ‘veganism’ must be one of the most topical and few words seem to incite such strong opinions, especially within the farming community. For me, one of the great positives about ‘the vegan movement’, if you can call it such, is that it is encouraging more people to think more deeplyContinueContinue reading “Travel with a Goat”