Matt Mellor

Farming writer, occasional stockman, into sustainable agriculture and local food.

[Malcolm Corfield @MyndtownFarm]

Now that I am retired from active farming,does anyone know of a young livestock or mixed farmer who could benefit from mentoring. I would like to put something back to the industry that has given me so much.

[Matt Mellor @SalopFarming]

@wiseagriculture @Arrowquip Clever.

[Matt Mellor @SalopFarming]

Enough said.

[Nigel Owens MBE @Nigelrefowens]

Can’t beat milk. Love it. Get some in ya 🥛

[Matt Mellor @SalopFarming]

@MyndtownFarm Happy days ...

[Matt Mellor @SalopFarming]

Like this a lot ... real common sense argument.

[Sustainable Food Trust @SusFoodTrust]

In the UK we import 42% of our vegetables and a startling 89% of our fruit, predominantly from water stressed countries where we are increasingly dependent on their precious water resources https://t.co/aaZgFv48gd

[Matt Mellor @SalopFarming]

Utterly bonkers... and probably not even counted as part of the massive food waste issue that we have. Come on supermarkets, get real!

[Phil Nash @PhilNash2]

Don’t normally agree with much this dude says...
but spot on this time Ben

[Matt Mellor @SalopFarming]

So the BBC had the content to provide a modicum of balance and decided not to? Unbelievable!

[Phil Christopher @PhilatRedRock]

We need more parallels like this, putting things so elegantly and understandably into context. Come on @NFUtweets @NFUStweets @AHDB_BeefLamb @AHDB_Dairy etc, please stoke up your soundbite generators & share the best for us to pass on and add to.

[Matt Mellor @SalopFarming]

In a nutshell....

[Andrew Loftus @loftusfarms]

I’m re-tweeting this again, because I think it’s worth it!

[Love Lamb Week @LoveLambWeek]

Love Lamb Week is coming and we're calling on industry and the public to get behind the campaign and show your support for British farming🇬🇧 ! Retweet to spread the word. #LoveLamb #LLW https://t.co/mzjtdsVyeM

[Malcolm Corfield @MyndtownFarm]

If we as farmers produce 10% of the Carbon in this country, off 85% of the land mass of UK,surely it's the 90% off 15% of land that needs addressing first!

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

'Eat more beef, not less: Mindlessly jumping on the “all beef is bad” bandwagon, as campaigners at Goldsmiths have done, is hugely counterproductive,' writes @SusFoodTrust founder Patrick Holden
https://t.co/pOYnZkOffC

[Matt Mellor @SalopFarming]

Source and sink ... great phrase @Minette_Batters . Big problem with the carbon footprint arguments are that they're often so complex and easily twisted... but that's a really simple message we can all get behind.

[minette batters @Minette_Batters]

Agriculture is the only industry that is both a source and a sink. So why can't everyone focus on the serious challenges like our clothing, technology, cars, holidays. Food waste?

[Clive Bailye @TWBFarms]

Hey @BBCNews !! why don't you report on the many positive things Farming does for the environment and how it's is part of #thesolution to #climatechange ? @TheFarmingForum @ExtinctionR @NFUtweets @TheAHDB

[Frank Mitloehner @GHGGuru]

And here my final tweet of the day: a letter to the editor from a somewhat concerned cow regarding her off-gassing.

[Matt Mellor @SalopFarming]

Bloke in a safari suit atttacting some attention at the Royal Welsh. #ourfutureking #RoyalWelshShow

[james shouler @JamesShouler]

Send it far and wide it might just reach that one person that really needs an arm around their shoulder.

[Matt Mellor @SalopFarming]

There's a lot in this, whatever stage in life you're at. Thanks for sharing.

[Phil Christopher @PhilatRedRock]

Love this. In 40 years of personal development reading, never seen this before. Thank you indeed.