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President’s Blog Blogging Off!Sadly this will be my last blog as CLA President – it’s time I was put out to grass! [Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [12 November 2009]  Campaign for the Farmed Environment launched with a bangThe 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] - [6 November 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] - [30 October 2009] The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) held its first Anniversary Stakeholder Reception at the QEII Centre on Wednesday (21 October 2009). [Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [28 October 2009]  Going off with a bang! Last week the partners of the Campaign for the Farmed Environment met formally for the first time to agree the way forward for the Campaign. The Steering Group was lead by the Presidents of the CLA and NFU and the majority of the proposed actions that... [Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [2 October 2009]  ‘Drink a pint of milk a day’ – before it all goes away!Temperatures in the last few days tell me summer is drawing to a close. What summer you may ask? Well the harvest is mostly in, reports of quantity and quality are mixed but prices are dire. We talk of ‘up horn down corn’ but milk prices are... [Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [18 September 2009]  All the fun of The CLA Game Fair Walking round The CLA Game Fair at Belvoir this year I was struck by the contentment of the people there - whether exhibitors or visitors. The general conversation was about the attractiveness and scale of the site rather than traffic hold ups or crowded... [Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [3 August 2009]  Benn backs voluntary CampaignSecretary of State Hilary Benn today (Thursday, 9 July 2009) at the Royal Show accepted the CLA’s idea of an industry-led voluntary approach to targeted on-farm environmental management – the Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE) to... [Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [9 July 2009]  Cereals for BreakfastDespite a damp start and rain on and off during the day, the aisles at the annual Cereals event this year, at Wendy near Royston in Cambridgeshire, were once again packed with farmers. [Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [16 June 2009]  Seeing the Wood for the Trees On Wednesday I was delighted to launch the CLA’s ground-breaking report Seeing the Wood for the Trees which sets out our vision for the forests and woods of England and Wales. [Blogs/Presidents Blog] - [5 June 2009] |
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