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Goldie Oldie
Congratulations to CLA member Lady Caroline Cranbrook who has been named Oldie Campaigner of the Year in the annual Oldie magazine awards.
[Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [January 29th, 2010]
Food to get your teeth into
I was delighted by the announcement last week that the Government is to introduce a supermarket ombudsman.
[Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [January 22nd, 2010]
The First Month
Completing my first month as President of the CLA gives me an opportunity to reflect - it certainly has been busy.
[Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [December 17th, 2009]
Get your maps back
Members continue to be concerned about the administration of the Single Payment Scheme so earlier this afternoon I met with Jim Fitzpatrick MP Minister for Food, Farming and the Environment and RPA Head Tony Cooper to see how they are getting on.
[Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [December 8th, 2009]
Campaign makes steady progress
This morning I chaired the Steering Group for the Campaign for the Farmed Environment at CLA Headquarters, Belgrave Square and was very encouraged by the progress of the Campaign to date.
[Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [December 8th, 2009]
Let’s get deer management out of a rut
One of my first jobs as President was to today launch the Deer Initiative’s Best Practice Guidance here in Belgrave Square.
[Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [December 2nd, 2009]
Blogging on!
It is a great honour to be elected President of the CLA - and I am looking forward to getting my teeth stuck into the difficult issues.
[Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [November 20th, 2009]
Blogging Off!
Sadly this will be my last blog as CLA President – it’s time I was put out to grass!
[Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [November 12th, 2009]
Campaign for the Farmed Environment launched with a bang
The long awaited launch of the Campaign for the Farmed Environment took place at NFU President Peter Kendall’s farm in Bedfordshire today (5 Nov). A stellar array of heavy weights from the farming, land management and environment world stood on a...
[Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [November 6th, 2009]
Lamb gets the chop?
There has been much discussion in the papers this week about Lord Stern’s interview with The Times in which he was quoted saying that people should “give up meat to save the planet”.
[Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [October 30th, 2009]