Joe Stanley ๐บ๐ฆ
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http://www.joewstanley.co.uk 30-07-2017 16:20:41
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In my final piece for Agronomist & Arable Farmer I look back at the extraordinary events of the past five years & consider what lessons we must draw for the security of our food supply & resilience of our farm businesses.
Many thanks to Alistair Driver for all the column inches!
Thoughts on Clarkson's Farm 3 anyone? I've just done a quick SWOT analysis (see Thread below) #ClarksonsFarm Farmers Weekly ๐๐งต
Stark results from latest National Farmers' Union farmer confidence survey - conducted late 2023 before climate impacts became severe.
English farmers facing perfect storm of low commodity prices, high input costs, slashed govt support & extreme weather ๐
fwi.co.uk/business/halt-โฆ
If your farmers can't plant because the climate won't allow it; it's too expensive; it's not profitable; it's too risky....that's when you'd hope the penny would start to drop in Westminster re the gradual unravelling of our national #foodsecurity ....๐๐ฌ
theguardian.com/business/articโฆ
When commentators doubt the need for border checks, note that last week alone 3.4t of illegal meat was intercepted inc. 54 unrefrigerated sheep carcasses from Romania wrapped in bin bags.
Itโs biosecurity; itโs public health; itโs organised crime.
reader.fwi.co.uk/pugpig_enhanceโฆ
Looking forward to holding a screening of Six Inches of Soil at The Allerton Project on evening of 3rd June - follow link below for details ๐ฆ
Thanks to 5m Books for advanced view of the book - a lovely piece of work ๐
eventbrite.co.uk/e/six-inches-oโฆ
'Farm: pick your own rice'
My latest cartoon for tomorrow's The Telegraph
Buy a print of my cartoons at telegraph.co.uk/mattprints
Original artwork from chrisbeetles.com
Great piece here from Joe Stanley ๐บ๐ฆ
Particularly that support to build climate resilience doesnโt stop with UK farmers
If we want a secure supply of imports, UK retailers & government will need to do more to support farmers in even more climate vulnerable countries to adapt
Current food labelling is working for the retailers not the customers or the producers? Using made up farm names to promote products cannot give confidence to consumers or farmers. There is still time to respond to Defra UK consultation with your views consult.defra.gov.uk/transforming-fโฆ
Political bait & switch.
We need a better level of discourse heading into the election.
The more appropriate criticism of Labour DEFRA policy is that they donโt currently have one Steve Barclay.