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Small farmer growing thatching straw the old way. Few cows and a few other things going on too. Old kit and small fields @thentsga

Joined July 2015
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Well said @TrooperSnooks not enough mentioned of the environmental impact of this budget. So much of the existing environmental areas are in danger of being ploughed up and turned to intensive monocroping just to cover a tax bill.
"Rachel Reeves is literally KILLING wildlife!" - I think Reeves, Starmer, and Ed Miliband in particular need to take a good listen to this man at the farmers' protest πŸ‘‡ @DobbsandPolicy
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"Rachel Reeves is literally KILLING wildlife!" - I think Reeves, Starmer, and Ed Miliband in particular need to take a good listen to this man at the farmers' protest πŸ‘‡ @DobbsandPolicy
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"I just don’t understand... if farming is such hard work with very little return, why farmers are so keen to continue farming?" My response... which is also why I believe this #FamilyFarmTax will have an impact on the whole country. New video @FlankFarm
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I wonder what the nearest farm to the defra secretary's constituency in greater London is?
I held the first advice surgery in my new constituency office this week. Located in the heart of Streatham and Croydon North, it’s a privilege to serve this wonderful community. Please do email me at [email protected] if you need my help with anything.
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With young people increasingly turning their back on University and embracing Modern Apprenticeships, are rural crafts like Hedging, Thatching and Dry Stone Walling being ignored by government, meaning our next generation of craftspeople lose out? scribehound.com/shooting-tal…
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Fantastic event with great speakers lots to think about.
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Do please watch Clarkson’s Farm 2 this weekend on Amazon. People seem to be loving it. And the soundtrack is amazing.
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A thread on sustainable woodland management. Specifically my experience of working Hazel Coppice in Hampshire,England.
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1. A thread on heritage crafts and the problems of outsourcing. This lovely chap is making spars. Short lengths of coppiced hazel are split and pointed at both ends. Every time a roof is thatched it requires many hundreds of spars.
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My message to @JustStop_Oil
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Spotted loads of this walking round the farm yesterday with @SWTWildFarms
Every year I get a stomach jolt when I first spot the hanging pink pea flower of a Grass Vetchling (Lathyrus nissolia), a secretive meadow specialist. What a treat!! Isn’t it a magical thing, that bright splash of colour just floating in midair?! 😍
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Looked at the train to go to @lammashow from Suffolk for 2 of us it was over Β£300 and required a night on colchester station on the way home. Wouldn't get to the show till 11am depart at 4pm and not get home till the next morning. Public transport doesn't work.
They want Β£260 for an open return York to London, nearly 50 days in advance,to accept this as normal, this country has lost its mind
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This is my response/rant about Children not having the CHOICE to have meat in there school meals Feel free to share @NFULancashire @NFUPress @NFUtweets @JudyHobson01 @BBCNWT @BBCFarmingToday @FarmersOfTheUK @FGHannahBinns @FGAbiKay @FGoliviamidgley @FarmersWeekly
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