fran bailey

PR in food, farming & health ~ it’s all connected. 🇳🇿🇬🇧

[fran bailey @fran_bailey]

War in Ukraine bolsters the case for a new kind of farming https://t.co/9GuVPOxyAQ

Peter Greig of @pipersfarm presents the case for an urgent rethink in how we farm.

Thank you @CordeliaJ and @ftopinion for giving this space.

[fran bailey @fran_bailey]

@GiuliaCrouch Does Ghee count? It goes with everything! Adds butter-like flavour to everything.... fried eggs, roast veg, meat, pasta, I even put a dollop in my porridge!

[fran bailey @fran_bailey]

@sophieaplin I love that you brought the festival vibe in a sequin skirt!

[fran bailey @fran_bailey]

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: https://t.co/ghoHgewDOW

[Tom Heap @tomheapmedia]

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
https://t.co/lxuancUg4M

[fran bailey @fran_bailey]

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 https://t.co/dRiKCJ26JJ

[fran bailey @fran_bailey]

"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.

https://t.co/usMPqETwTW

[fran bailey @fran_bailey]

@leylakazim So cool!

[fran bailey @fran_bailey]

@frankie_adkins3 This is amazing.

[fran bailey @fran_bailey]

“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." 👏

[Vicki Hird MSc FRES 🐝🦋 🍃💚🍃 @vickihird]

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 https://t.co/lTUD22ntbl

[fran bailey @fran_bailey]

@juliajones110 Thanks Julia! Blown away by the turnout and generosity. Thanks for supporting us. We loved every minute!

[fran bailey @fran_bailey]

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? https://t.co/4BFFiuEGJv

[fran bailey @fran_bailey]

@FWAbiKay 100%

[fran bailey @fran_bailey]

@finney_clare @Abbyallen - know anyone?

[Tim Spector MD (Prof) @timspector]

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 https://t.co/xnTVr6uC6J

[fran bailey @fran_bailey]

Felt that one!

[GeoNet @geonet]

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 https://t.co/buzqrG4xUk #eqnz

[Wildfarmed @wildfarmed]

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

[Dan Saladino @DanSaladinoUK]

‘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! https://t.co/r7VGPPufj9

[fran bailey @fran_bailey]

Great piece on why food diversity matters. Thanks @finney_clare @guardian give it a read!

[Clare Finney @finney_clare]

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
https://t.co/gXu8Y9oO67

[fran bailey @fran_bailey]

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 https://t.co/DWXEhFa1yt

[fran bailey @fran_bailey]

@katherine__ob @BBCWorld Wow

[Eating2Extinction @Eating2Extinct1]

“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
https://t.co/Zw4leybZQo