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Ecoreflections

ecoreflections

1/ Interesting response from @TheGrocer to the #NotInMySuoermarket initiative. So, yes, on the one hand we want a better debate, on the other the haste with which UK government aims

Matt Cross

wildforest_matt

Sorry it has taken me a while to get to this, but I would like to correct some inaccurate reporting from three newspapers from Friday.On Friday Wild Justice announced it

Professor Tim Lang

ProfTimLang

Today @foodresearchuk releases Open Letter from @ProfTimLang Prof Erik Millstone @SPRU & Prof Terry Marsden @sustainablecu. Open Letter urges @10DowningStreet & UK Government to address continuing failures in UK food

JPCampbellBiz - Open a window, keep your distance

JP_Biz

Potential trouble on Border Control Posts (BCPs). This is the minimum infrastructure the EU expects at NI ports by 1 Jan. These are facilities for agrifood checks. But Stormont’s AgriMin

Rosie Woodroffe

RosieWoodroffe

This new announcement https://consult.defra.gov.uk/bovine-tb-2020/eradication-of-btb-england/ means two more years of new #badgercull licences. In 2019-20 new licences covered an area larger than Cornwall, Devon, and Dorset combined so a lo

Adam Payne

adampayne26

Exclusive: DEFRA has been advising shellfish traders than an EU ban on live exports would end in AprilHowever, the EU has told the industry that the ban is *indefinite*, in

Deidre Brock

DeidreBrock

Bad news for anyone in Scotland's fishing industries hoping for some action from the UK Government to help with that problem of getting their products to the European markets #BrexitChaos

Ed Conway

EdConwaySky

For those wondering, in light of recent events, abt UK food self-sufficiency, here’s the key graph. As it happens UK is more self-sufficient today (64% of food produced domestically) than

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

This is massive, and horrific. @NFUtweets is secretly lobbying the government to allow #neonicotinoid pesticides to be reintroduced after Brexit. It tells its members: "Please refrain from sharing this on

Simon Phelps

WildlifePhelps

Sometimes there are issues that are so complex, with so many contrasting views, that it leaves me feeling bewildered. One such issue raised its head when the government published its

Rob Deaville

strandings_man

On Monday evening we carried out a field examination on the fin whale which stranded and died in the Dee estuary over the weekend. Examination carried out by a CSIP

Laura Kuenssberg

bbclaurak

Scottish fishing industry have taken PM's comments at Committee this afternoon as a promise of extra compensation ... Number 10 tho referring only to 100m that's already been promised for

Clean Air in London

CleanAirLondon

First signs of a possible #CodeRed particle #AirPollution by mid-next-week, as winds slow and turn easterly, coinciding with #FestivalBonfires and #Fireworks. Could be nasty Thread 2/ On Saturday morning, @DefraGovUK

Dr Anna Jerzewska

AnnaJerzewska

I'd actually like to elaborate on that answer. I think most of the current "teething" problems are a direct result of the UK Gov CHOOSING NOT TO be clear about

Abi Kay

FGAbiKay

So, the Ag Bill has officially become law, after three long years. Here's a little tweet thread to take you down memory lane on some of the big battleshttps://www.fginsight.com/news/agriculture-bill-officially-becomes-law-after-receivin

Richard Negus

TrooperSnooks

If you @DefraGovUK granted you £120,000 to spend on improving habitat for wildlife in farmland you could, for that sum, provide 187 hectares of Winter bird cover (AB9). Providing valuable

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