Environment… Flooding, maize and undersowing. 28/11/2016 It has been raining a lot throughout England and Wales just recently. According to the map below (H/T Phil Latham) parts of Devon, Dorset and throughout the Midlands, there has…
Common Agricultural Policy… Where is the Soil Association going with all this? An open letter to Helen Browning. 23/11/2016 [As an explanatory note: Helen Browning OBE is Chief Executive of the Soil Association.] Dear Helen, A few days ago, the Soil Association tweeted a message about the advantages of…
Brexit… Lies, Damned Lies and Friends of the Earth 31/03/2016 You would have thought, wouldn't you, that the environmental groups would be able to get their act together and all sing from the same hymn sheet. Like this one from…
Brexit… Post Brexit: Will there be more turds on the beach? 25/03/2016 One Saturday morning, when I was about five years old, my father took me into work to see the jetty they were building on the banks of the River Thames…
