Otters in the harbourside and one of the rarest plants in the country were two things that I learnt from this episode which is based in my home city of Bristol. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01r2pcp/Countryfile_Bristol/ Also a fantastic report about pig welfare standards in Europe, something that I think I shall be looking further into over the comingContinueContinue reading “Countryfile comes to Bristol”
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Tesco Boss to address farmers
It has been announced that Tesco Chief Executive Philip Clarke will be addressing the NFU annual conference in Birmingham on Wednesday (27 February), where he will speak on the subject ‘farming delivers for the economy’. Surely the question on farmers’ minds will be however ‘can the retail sector deliver for farming’? This will be theContinueContinue reading “Tesco Boss to address farmers”
Farmers Apprentice
Farmers Apprentice I have just watched the whole series of this competition from start to finish. Superbly made and following the aspirations of 10 talented and driven young people, I highly recommend anyone who is interested in the future of the industry watches this. Very inspiring. Click the title of this post to watch theContinueContinue reading “Farmers Apprentice”
Will Britain ever get a grip on Bovine TB?
It’s a topic that has groups talking from disparate backgrounds; from those concerned for badger welfare to concerned farmers with cattle businesses that are stagnant. No matter what your view is on how it should be tackled, it is clear that TB remains a big problem, particularly in the West of England. According to DepartmentContinueContinue reading “Will Britain ever get a grip on Bovine TB?”
Jonathan Foley’s ‘Other Inconvenient Truth’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uJhgGbRA6Hk Jonathan Foley sets out the problems that world agriculture will face over the coming decades. Thank you to Janina’s ‘Food (policy) for thought’ blog for directing me to this lecture. http://foodpolicyforthought.wordpress.com/about/
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