Paul Kelsey

Fifth generation to farm here in East Kent. We specialise in growing tasty raspberries and strawberries.

[Richard Porteous @RichardPorteous]

#BoycottNike

[Ed Barker @edbarkerAIC]

MPs are currently debating food security in the Commons.

[Henry Ward @Henry_Ward91]

Flood update: Im at the end of my tether! We are now protecting a EA flood storage area. @wheat_daddy @_RobbieMoore @EdwardLeighMP @SteveBarclay @NFUtweets @BBCNews @BBCLookNorth @itvcalendar

[Joe Stanley @JoeWStanley]

"British farming is at the heart of British trade & we put agriculture at the forefront of any deals we negotiate, prioritising new export opportunities & protecting UK food standards.”

When govt betrays you then lies about it, people get angry.
https://t.co/JJHvle7zmq

[Paul Kelsey @fruitygrower]

@EnglandRugby Utter nonsense. A good match being comprised so early on.

[Ross Mitchell @rjmitch21]

This is devastating news for a very good fellow Scottish grower. The industry is currently going through extremely difficult times with a serious lack of retailers support. Wage inflation of over 25% in 3 years with no increase in grower returns is unsustainable

[No Farmers, No Food @NoFarmsNoFoods]

30,000+ followers in just 5 days since opening this account to campaign for our farmers. The response has been extraordinary. Support our farmers. When you eat today, thank a farmer. 🚜

Our farms.
Your food.
Everyone’s futures.

#NoFarmersNoFood
#NoFarmsNoFood

[No Farmers, No Food @NoFarmsNoFoods]

🚜 Our farms.
🚜 Your food.
🚜 Everyone’s future.

Support our farmers. From the soil to your table.

#NoFarmersNoFood
#NoFarmsNoFood

[FarmingUK @FarmingUK]

Frustratingly, this needs to be said more than ever 🚜 🇬🇧

[Fresh Produce Journal @FPJlive]

Berry grower retail relations sour https://t.co/iStdkqq51X

[Save British Farming 🇬🇧 @SaveBritishFood]

Low-welfare eggs flooding into 🇬🇧

#Brexit will see even more imported.

😯 B’tween 2021 & Aug 2023 egg imports from Poland rose by 2,000%, from 46 consignments to 1,095.

😯 Italian imports also 🆙 by almost 300% 2022 - 2023 from 72 consignments to 279
https://t.co/MYO39OoA63

[Carol Ford @GrowingDirect]

I believe our shops should never be empty of any food produced in Britain. That’s why I’ve added my name to the #BackBritishFarming food security campaign.

If you agree, tap the link and add your name. https://t.co/NUPca9TdrG

[Paul Kelsey @fruitygrower]

@RichardPorteous So sorry. It is the most horrible experience, we love them so much.

[sarah murphy @13sarahmurphy]

@trussliz These deals do mark a new era for Britain as an idiotic, self-harming trading nation and they wouldn’t have been necessary either if we were still in the EU, where we’d also have had a much better chance of standing up to authoritarians than we do now pissing around on our own.

[Oliver Dowding 🇺🇦 @OliverDowding]

@DGWilkinson That's headline grabbing and a compliant media will suck it up. Who will investigate deeply which businesses in the food chain are making big money and which is being screwed. If prices are capped, watch retailers go to producers and "ask" for "help", i.e. take lower prices!

[Jeremy Squirrell @Jes_Squirrell]

@DGWilkinson You couldn’t make this up!
Price cap.
So Supermarkets will reduce producer payments.
Producers pull out / reduce output.
Empty shelves.
More imports.
It’s basically what the egg industry has been going through in the last 18 months, and the government has now put a cherry on top!

[Joanna Blythman @JoannaBlythman]

Basically, despite all that 5-a-day/eat more fruit and veg bilge it spouts, UK government has no intention of supporting growers to produce said fruit and veg.
My ⁦@TheGrocer⁩ column https://t.co/IPriPzIW6A

[Helen May @Nito_Onna_Helen]

Ladies if you ever miss your train & cannot get back home don’t try to check into ⁦@HiltonHotels⁩ I was told there was a room but after I had no photo ID this happened. Always be prepared to tell men (even strangers) where you have been & why you are out at 1am.

[Doug Wanstall @DougWanstall]

UK retailers respond to failure in supply chain management by importing eggs from Italy bravo well done, I hope you are proud @the_brc
UK supply chain’s being decimated by retailers, UK government asleep on the job. Offshoring food production doesn’t offshore it’s CO2 emissions

[Anna Longthorp @AnnaLongthorp]

I don’t blame Brexit but I do blame this gov @theresecoffey
We cannot simply offshore our food production which you are trying to do #greenwash
Get a grip!
Are we eating seasonally #turnipgate or are we exploiting #supplychain and exporting our industry ? 🤔