We're very excited to announce our partnership with @CerealsEvent! If you know a school within travelling distance of Newark who could benefit from this fantastic experience including a ยฃ500 bursary towards travel & staff cover please share this with them! https://t.co/B8LVIbvApx
End of a great week with @ChilternsAONB new North Chilterns (Beds) Farmer Cluster marking up proposed new hedge work & celebrating results of winter farm bird surveys ๐พ๐พ Exciting 1st year complete & great programme planned for next 2 years ๐ just the 30 miles walked โฆ ๐
Pre harvest Health & Safety events - book your place now https://t.co/lVn4dASt0F @NFUBerksBucksOx @NFUHants_IoW@NFUSussexSurrey@NFUKent @NFUEastAnglia @WilliamWhiteNFU @NFUsouthwest
Wed 19th April, Chilterns to learn how to use the Soilmentor app: https://t.co/DsSF8O7CTN
Fri 21st April, Dorset for a look at different soil health tests: https://t.co/V4fJpUJBBH
Fri 21st April, Cornwall checking soil health for beginners: https://t.co/CMPdWEjZwo
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One of the delights of my beautiful constituency is our top fruit orchards.
But growers are having a tough time at the moment. So it was good to walk @_charringtons farm today with some of my independent apple growers to talk about how I can help.
#GardenofEngland#BIFGA
First segment. Apple grower costs up 23%, shoppers paying 17% more for lowest price apples (ONS) but growers returns only up by 0.8%. This explains why orchards are being removed and not replanted. #freshproducecrisis#foodsecurity#biodiversityloss https://t.co/Igi4Qxh8Bl
Here's @ChilternsAONB sheep farmer Isobel Bowden who fronts our new video https://t.co/c0UqvHoxF7 asking dog walkers to #takethelead and use a lead near farm animals @NFUBBO@scottpepe1 @NFUSussex_IoW @NFUHantsSurrey @NFUKent@NFUtweets @NFUEastAnglia @DavidatWestons
8km water, 3km+ electric fencing, solar water pumps all part brilliant mob grazing project. Farmer with big vision & drive. Supported @ChilternsCCC#farmercluster ยฃยฃ by #FiPL & @HeritageFundL_S improved soil health, incr. carbon storage. Cows seem to enjoy fresh grazing too ๐๐