This is excellent news
@AldiUK
. Thanks for joining
@waitrose
in saying 👎 to hormone beef and chlorinated chicken and a big 👍 to 🇬🇧 farmers' high welfare and food quality standards.
#farminguk
#BackBritishFarming
The 2021 Farming Champion is
@JeremyClarkson
.
His passion for agriculture and tell-it-like-it-is approach about everything from food security to the financial challenges faced by farmers makes him a hugely deserving champion.
Proudly sponsored by
@NFUtweets
#FWAwards
🖊️ A group of 11 Somerset farmers, who operate in the same constituency as
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
, has written to the former minister accusing him of undermining British farming values.
CLICK IMAGE TO READ LETTER.
@UKSustain
|
@will_white_10
|
@vickihird
STILL OUR FAVOURITE PIC OF 2023. 😍
A walker’s dog barked at some cows crossing a bridge and they all popped up to have a little nosey at the noise. 😂
📸 Averil Clamp
🗣️ “I genuinely believe that most people in this country have absolutely no idea where anything they ever eat comes from.”
@JeremyClarkson
|
@SaveBritishFood
The
#FWAwards
Lifetime Achievement award goes to HRH The Prince of Wales
@ClarenceHouse
.
The Prince is our 2020 winner because of his work as a tireless advocate for British farming, fighting to secure its future and championing change and innovation 👏
@countrysidefund
🚜 Farmers in Cornwall have staged a tractor rally in support of fellow farmers who are protesting and demanding more support for the industry.
READ MORE:
🚜 Tractor-mad Harry has been diagnosed with autoimmune encephalitis, leaving him unable to move or talk.
His parents have asked for 'get well soon' messages from farmers, to help cheer him up in his recovery.
PLEASE GET INVOLVED AND SHARE.
Hahahahahaha - brilliant work! 👏
Quick-thinking farmers in Warwickshire have successfully barricaded two fly-tippers on their land, detaining them until police arrived on the scene and made them clean up their own mess.
READ MORE:
🤔 Jeremy Clarkson has questioned how so little of the money in the food supply chains ends up in farmers’ hands when they are taking most of the risk.
READ MORE:
@JeremyClarkson
|
@primevideouk
🙄 A poor turnout for a debate on food security in the House of Commons shows MPs are refusing to take this important issue seriously, say farm leaders.
READ MORE:
🚜 Frustrated Welsh farmers have staged a “go-slow” tractor protest as part of an ongoing row with the Welsh government over its farming policies.
The vehicles carried placards, including
@NoFarmsNoFoods
.
READ MORE:
❌ Farmers have blocked entrances to supermarket distribution centres during a night of UK-wide protests to demand fairer prices.
A number of supermarket sites across Britain were targeted from 7pm on Friday 13 October as part of coordinated protests organised by Proud to Farm.
👏 Farmers have heaped praise on the Prince and Princess of Wales for bringing into focus mental health issues in agriculture.
@WeFarmingMinds
|
@KensingtonRoyal
21-year-old farmer Tom Vaughan carried this sick ewe on his back for a mile after his quad bike ran out of fuel. Proof (not that we ever needed it) that our farmers care deeply for the welfare of their livestock, above all else
#BackBritishFarming
👏🏽 Jeremy Clarkson’s response on Instagram to someone complaining about the price of his chilli chutney at Diddly Squat Farm Shop.
@JeremyClarkson
|
@ClarksonsFarm1
SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS PHOTO. It was taken by Chris Newbrook in Ceiriog Valley, North Wales. Keep your amazing snowy photos coming in guys, we love them!
#farm365
#sheep365
#teamsheep
🗣️ “We’re facing the prospect of losing every bloody animal on the farm.”
@1GarethWynJones
has teamed up with an independent film production company to record a series of hard-hitting short films about the realities of farming in Wales.
READ MORE:
👏 Rural villagers from Lincolnshire are celebrating a legal victory, after thwarting an energy company’s plans to convert prime agricultural land into a giant solar farm.
READ MORE:
HRH The Prince of Wales is our
#FWAwards
2020 Lifetime Achievement award winner.
"I have been amazed and heartened by the resilience, adaptability and ingenuity of the family farms that form the backbone of our rural communities," says
@ClarenceHouse
.
This map reveals the
@Conservatives
MPs who defied the government and voted to protect the UK farming industry from low quality food imports in yesterday's
#AgricultureBill
vote. Sadly, there are only 22 of them and it wasn't enough.
#BackBritishFarming
🚜 Irish farmers took to the streets in their thousands on Thursday night, driving through towns and cities across the country in a show of solidarity with their EU counterparts.
LATEST:
🇬🇧 A newly formed campaign group has set out its mission statement and vision to “save the farming industry” and pressure governments into actions that benefit farmers.
READ MORE:
@JamesMelville
|
@NoFarmsNoFoods
Congrats to the legendary
@AbiReader
– she's just been crowned
#FWAwards
Farming Champion of 2020 👏
A longstanding champion for our industry, over the past year Abi has really stepped up a gear and drawn on her communication skills to promote farming.
Sponsored by
@NFUtweets
🗣️ Several high-profile farmers, including
@1GarethWynJones
, Andrew Ward, Olly Harrison and Anna Longthorp have given their backing to
@NoFarmsNoFoods
.
READ MORE:
🇬🇧 In the wake of mass farmer protests across Europe, there are growing calls from within the UK farming industry for British farmers to launch their own demonstrations.
FULL STORY: