Responses from the FSA are a little like buses – you don’t see one for a while and then two come along together. This one was very rapid though, in response to an email to them this morning I got this this afternoon. It’s in response to this morning’s blog. Here it is, in full:…
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Well, well – what a coincidence
Following my blog of this morning about the appointment of Heather Hancock as Chair of the FSA I’ve received a communication from the FSA – in response to questions I posed to them when their Board meeting was broadcast live on the internet in late January. Although their response is not a complete answer to…
FSA Chair-designate is married to grouse moor (owner)
Congratulations to Heather Hancock on her appointment, from April Fools’ Day, as Chair of the Food Standards Agency. The appointment involves a time commitment of 2 to 3 days per week and remuneration at a rate of £60,000 per annum. The Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial government department (as is Forestry Commission), which says…
Looking forward to BAWC conference at the weekend
I’ll be speaking at the BAWC conference on Saturday and will be around on Sunday too. I’m looking forward to it. I’ll bring a few copies of Inglorious with me
Best and worst at Defra – what you think
There have been six secretaries of state at Defra since it came into existence in the wake of the foot and mouth disease outbreak in 2001. Defra was born out of the thought that MAFF was too inward-looking and that farming wasn’t that important really but was a bit of a problem. Prime Ministers also…
Oscar Dewhurst – Cheetah mother with cubs
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Oscar writes: Nearly two years ago now I was on holiday with my family in Kenya, more specifically around the Masai Mara. Rather than actually staying inside the main park, we stayed in conservancies, areas where the number of beds are tightly regulated, meaning you can drive around all day and see only a couple…
Poll closes at 6pm
My poll for the best and worst Defra Secretary of State closes at 6pm so if you haven’t voted yet you need to get a move on! Click here.
Help the World Land Trust help the Spectacled Bear
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The European Outdoor Conservation Association is having a vote to decide the resting place for £25,000 of conservation funding. As a Council member of the World Land Trust I’d really like them to get this dosh – and you can help by voting for them (and it won’t cost you a thing!). If they win,…
Book review – Raptor by James Macdonald Lockhart
This book was a disappointment. The basic structure is a chapter by chapter account of 15 species of UK raptor, each described in a different place, stretching from Hen Harriers on Orkney in Chapter 1 to Devon Sparrowhawks in Chapter 15. Wrapped into this structure is a tale of the life, and a previous journey,…
Thank you but still looking for more support
Three weeks today I’ll be in Israel for the first time in my life. I’m participating in the Birdwatch-Birdguides Roadrunners team in the Champions of the Flyway event. I’m curious to go to Israel for my first time as it’s definitely not the least controversial country in the world. I’ll write about the impression it…