fran bailey
@fran_bailey
PR in food, farming & health ~ it’s all connected. 🇳🇿🇬🇧
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War in Ukraine bolsters the case for a new kind of farming ft.com/content/03bd3d… Peter Greig of @pipersfarm presents the case for an urgent rethink in how we farm. Thank you @CordeliaJ and @ftopinion for giving this space.
Love this tour of Groundswell Festival by @sophieaplin for Sky News Daily Climate Show. Great job, Sophie - such a natural. Watch from 20'25" in: news.sky.com/video/will-ai-…
Powerful thoughts from @theCCCuk Chris Stark on Govt leadership drift away from climate, @Stone_SkyNews gets all choked up in US/Canada smoke, @sophieaplin on @Groundswellaguk and did i mention the puffin's robot ally? All here news.sky.com/video/will-ai-…
Only 1 day until regen ag legends from around the world descend on Lannock Manor Farm. Are you coming to @Groundswellaguk? Check out the line-up of over 200 speakers - this is where the most important conversations in food and farming take place groundswellag.com/2023-speakers/
"What started as a small agricultural festival has grown to become the symbol of a new movement focused on innovation, food initiatives and healthier soil" Waitrose Weekend features the 'Glasto of farming' @Groundswellaguk, which kicks off tomorrow. weekend-online.com/issue653/6/
“Farmers supplying supermarkets .... carry much of the risk and work in difficult conditions to put food on our tables, while expected to look after nature and help tackle climate change. If we want them to do all that, they need a fair deal from the supermarkets." 👏
UK food shortages will be tackled by making supermarkets pay farmers a fair price, says Labour With quote from me and others on farmers and supermarkets.. @theipaper @UKSustain inews.co.uk/news/uk-food-s…
great piece by Geoff Ross @lakehaweafarm New Zealand farming has the change reflex - so why aren't we using it when it's needed the most? stuff.co.nz/business/farmi…
stuff.co.nz
Do NZ farmers still have the change reflex?
OPINION: Here are my five ideas for opportunity and growth - now farmers, where are yours?
Ultra processed foods assoc w increased risk of most cancers after 10 years finds a large longitudinal observational study of 200k UK biobank subjects. The data keeps mounting but we remain complacent... despite UK having highest rates of UPF in Europe thelancet.com/journals/eclin…
Felt that one!
We are thinking of those currently dealing with rain, landslides & flooding who were woken with an earthquake this morning A shallow M4.8 quake with strong shaking occurred 5km south of Te Aroha & was felt across Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty geonet.org.nz/earthquake/202… #eqnz
Last week, at the annual Peter Melchett memorial lecture with the @soilassociation, our co-founder Andy was asked if he could wave a magic wand for 2023, what his wish would be? His response: To resign monoculture to the history books. #polycropping #diversity #soilassociation
‘Endangered foods: why our diet is narrower than ever & the UK needs to save these 7 foods’ Great work by @finney_clare in @guardiang2 with @PollyRussell1 @PeteBrownBeer @shanehollanduk and the 7… incl beremeal & Perry! theguardian.com/food/2023/jan/…
theguardian.com
Endangered foods: why our diet is narrower than ever – and the UK urgently needs to save these...
Cheshire cheese, beremeal and norfolk beefing apples are among the UK foods at risk of vanishing for ever. And it’s not just our palates that will suffer, but the planet
Great piece on why food diversity matters. Thanks @finney_clare @guardian give it a read!
I wrote about some of the most endangered foods in the British Isles for @guardiang2, & why we should care about them as much as we do pandas. Thanks to @PollyRussell1 @shanehollanduk @slowfooduk & @DanSaladinoUK, who has literally written the book on this theguardian.com/food/2023/jan/…
theguardian.com
Endangered foods: why our diet is narrower than ever – and the UK urgently needs to save these...
Cheshire cheese, beremeal and norfolk beefing apples are among the UK foods at risk of vanishing for ever. And it’s not just our palates that will suffer, but the planet
Have to agree with this opinion piece. Whether you agree with her political decisions or not, the personal attacks female leaders endure these days are gross and unjust. Jacinda Ardern: An inspirational role model and victim of ingrained misogyny stuff.co.nz/national/polit…
“Every time a big crisis arrives, the potential fragility of the (in some ways) highly efficient food system we created is revealed to us. Going forward, we need the options that food diversity can provide” @DanSaladinoUK @TelegraphFood #fooddiversityday telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink…
A new, timely campaign I'm working on with @DanSaladinoUK to coincide with Eating to Extinction's release in paperback...
SAVE THE DATE The first #FoodDiversityDay is coming on 13 January. A day, inspired by Eating to Extinction, to celebrate the incredible foods available to us in the UK & to learn why food diversity matters in today's world. Full programme of events @ fooddiversityday.com
Great to have the big guy down here talking to NZ arable farmers, millers and bakers with @FARarable and @EatNewZealand - what a treat!
.@pipersfarm on putting farmers front and centre in their supply chain: "They don’t have to get sucked into accepting that the only opportunity available is to be contracted by a supermarket where they become a price taker rather than a price maker." fginsight.com/news/news/farm…
A well written piece, @TheGrocer. Why cows could be an unexpected climate solution thegrocer.co.uk/sustainability…
thegrocer.co.uk
Why cows could be an unexpected climate solution
Cattle farming is notoriously carbon intensive. But new techniques could see cows go from being a problem to part of the climate solution
The news is finally out! We have only gone and won an @obsfood award! It’s such an honour to receive this award for our work campaigning for better, fairer food. Thank you to everyone who voted for us and to our amazing community who believe in our mission #ofmawards2022
The picture of a real food enterprise with family values and care for the land at its heart. Congrats @pipersfarm, what a privilege to have shared a small part in your 32 year journey.
What a truly special article. We are just so lucky to be surrounded by so much love and support. Pick up your copy of @ObsFood today to read our story. There’s also an exclusive recipe from our brand new cook book. #ofmawards2022
An article I got involved with here in New Zealand. The global interest in regen ag and food could be good for Aotearoa being so export focused. We have a unique opportunity under our feet and a unique story to tell. stuff.co.nz/business/farmi…
stuff.co.nz
The good soil: Kiwis make regenerative farming strides overseas
Meet the Kiwi driving forces in the UK’s regenerative agriculture movement, who are developing pioneering compost solutions and regenerating damaged farmland.
Join our founder, Peter Greig, and a fantastic line up of speakers for @UKSustain #meatdebate this 12 October. In a climate and nature emergency, it’s time we address our meat and dairy consumption. sustainweb.org/events/aug22-s…
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