http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=F7Id9caYw-Y In the UK and US we are constantly told in the press that we fail in what should be an obligation to educate children about food production, manufacture, cooking and consumption. Even if you don’t fully agree with what 11 year old Birke Baehr says in this TEDx lecture you have to admire hisContinueContinue reading “Next generation interested in food?”
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Reaction to European Multi-Annual Financial Framework discussions
Reaction to European Multi-Annual Financial Framework discussions In the video at the bottom of this link page (Farmers weekly online – please click the title of this post to access the page) Italian MEP Paolo De Castro, Chair of the European Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development reacts to the EU leaders tabling the figuresContinueContinue reading “Reaction to European Multi-Annual Financial Framework discussions”
UK Future of Farming Review
I have just been sent a link through to the below from DEFRA. In their words ‘the Future of Farming Review is an industry led initiative, in partnership with Government, that aims to assess the workforce that will be needed by a sustainable, productive and resilient agriculture sector now and in the future.’ The form can beContinueContinue reading “UK Future of Farming Review”
Why do we need a European Common Agricultural Policy anyway?
As many readers will be aware, the Common Agricultural Policy, which makes up a significant amount of European spending, is due to be reformed in the wake of ‘Europe 2020’ (http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/index_en.htm). Between April and June 2010 a public debate was held which gathered a multiplicity of views on the future of the CAP. The resultsContinueContinue reading “Why do we need a European Common Agricultural Policy anyway?”
Tesco, Horsemeat Scandal and the NFU
As expected, the subject of Tesco Chief Executive Peter Clarke’s speech at the NFU Conference earlier today was apropos the horsemeat saga. There was certainly a buzzword in his speech though and that was ‘partnership’. Mr Clarke made the case for a partnership between not just Tesco and farmers but between Tesco, farmers and consumers.ContinueContinue reading “Tesco, Horsemeat Scandal and the NFU”
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