I very rarely listen to Radio2 – I am so firmly a Radio4 stick-in-the-mud – so I am grateful to a reader of this blog for pointing me in the direction of the Jeremy Vine show this lunch time (although I feel rather bad about temporarily deserting Martha Kearney) where there was what passes for…
Category: Farming
How ‘eco’ are Ecotricity’s plans for Green Gas Mills?
Last week Ecotricity, who supply my household electricity and gas, announced ambitious plans for Green Gas Mills which would produce gas from grass. The pitch is that green gas could replace or displace fracking (the environmentalist’s bete noir) and produce virtually carbon-free gas without affecting food production and by the way, help produce…
What sort of future farming do you want?
A few days ago, four of the UK’s largest wildlife NGOs launched a joint vision for the future of farming and farm payments (because Brexit means Brexit, you know). I find the fact that WWF is paying attention to the UK countryside, and that they have joined RSPB, National Trust and the Wildlife Trusts to…
Hedges – a good response
That looks good to me. Thank you Mr Eustice.
Who are the environmental lobby?
Farmers Guardian insight has an interesting little article on ‘who are the environmental lobby?’ I’d have thought that most farmers have noticed by now but you never know. Apparently it’s not the Wildlife Trusts, Friends of the Earth, WWF-UK or Greenpeace – which will miff some of those not named. The environmental lobby is George…