It’s been a month since I blogged about all the things I love about lockdown, with a heavy caveat that my positivity should not to be confused with complacency. And,… Read more 10 Things I Still Love About Lockdown (even in grief). →
Believing you are owed eternal thanks and gratitude – simply for doing your job – is a dangerous game, which can backfire very badly. I sat open-mouthed in disbelief when… Read more Never asked to be thanked – why I’m not praising farmers for farming. →
If you’re a farmer in Iowa, USA, there are certain expectations – business norms and cultural norms. Farm-wise, you’ll probably grow corn and soybean. Life-wise, you’ll probably be married with… Read more Daring to do things differently in the Midwest →
Before I say anything, this is not about trivialising the reasons why we are all in lockdown, or to brush over why many people might be really struggling with it.… Read more 10 Things I Love About Lockdown (so far) →
Is anyone else struggling to keep up with Channel 4’s wall-to-wall meat coverage? Shrewdly scheduled to coincide with Veganuary, it’s going at it with both barrels. But like many viewers… Read more APOCALYPSE COW: The Moment Monbiot Went Too Far →
Wow. It really kicked off didn’t it? BBC One’s ‘Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?‘ made the front page of the Farmers’ Guardian, seemed to be trending on Twitter for… Read more MEAT ON THE BBC (Part 2): An American Perspective →
Has a BBC documentary ever been so eagerly and angrily anticipated by British farmers? At 9pm last night I switched over from Doc Martin to catch the BBC One ident… Read more MEAT ON THE BBC: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly →
The driving idea behind Just Farmers is to get more diverse farming voices heard in the mainstream media, because I don’t think we hear from enough individual farmers. There are… Read more What Farmers REALLY Think… →
