My writing on trade appears leaden and bland by comparison with this, about an entertaining as you can ever make my subject

Deb Chachra@debcha.bsky.social · 6d ago

This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...

This. Industries making these pollutants are not responsible for removing them, so the job falls to others. Farmers are being asked to participate in a risky experiment. #Polluterpays legislation would rebalance accountability AND save public money. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Plastics contamination an ‘overlooked’ concern in food waste schemes, experts say

Researchers find microplastics can persist in compost, leaching into agricultural soils

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💡Good interview with @emmahowardboyd.bsky.social on the today about the leadership we need to see on climate change. 🌻 As Emma says, building more resilient, adaptive systems is an investment, not a cost, for our long-term national health, prosperity and security.

🗣️ “Let’s start talking much more seriously about the precautionary principle, the polluter paying & the lobbyists” 🏡 Our CEO @suepritch.bsky.social talking at @cprecountryside.bsky.social's Land Use Conference about why we need more honest conversations about how corporate power really works.

🥦 Across parties, food matters to the public & they want political ambition to reflect this. 🌱 With new leadership in government, this is a real opportunity for imaginative, ambitious food policy that drives regional economic growth, improves health outcomes & makes Britain a fairer place to live.

🚨Webinar tomorrow - spaces running low: tinyurl.com/4bddrwny 🍏What happens when citizens are given a seat at the table when it comes to influencing policy? 🍽️Join us to explore a new report from the Citizen Advisory Council, who have been working with Defra on the Good Food Cycle.

Hmmmm 🤔

Bylines Network@bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 2mo ago

As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity? @eastangliabylines.co.uk

Congratulations @andyburnham.bsky.social People have chosen a politics of hope and connection over hate and division, wanting real progress on things that matter to them in their everyday lives. Govt on their side in a turbulent world, prosperity shared, communities thriving and fit for the future

🗣️“How does power work in the system, and what can we do to shift it in favour of a fairer, greener and healthier future?” ✨FFCC Chief Exec @suepritch.bsky.social is giving the keynote speech for Food Systems Track at @theconduitlondon.bsky.social Climate and the Future of Health 2026 conference.

Although it’s been said before, I wrote this now because the food industry is telling government it can only help with food price inflation if govt lets it off the “regulatory burden”. By which they mean fairer pay, healthier food, reducing waste. Never let a good crisis go to waste, eh…?

Food, Farming and Countryside Commission@ffc-commission.bsky.social · 2mo ago

💸 New blog: The Hidden Bill ffcc.co.uk/conversation... 🌿 In a new blog, FFCC’s Chief Executive @suepritch.bsky.social explores why food industry lobbying & spending remains so difficult to track, and what that means for transparency and public trust.

Excellent episode of #TheFoodProgramme here. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Food Programme - The Price of Food - BBC Sounds

The food industry is predicting double digit inflation. What can be done?

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🚀With food prices rocketing, unpredictable weather & geopolitical instability continuing to disrupt harvests, food and farming are starting to matter in British politics. Our Chief Exec @suepritch.bsky.social asks in @theobserveruk.bsky.social: will politicians meet this moment? tinyurl.com/wyjjfbyz

Baroness Helena Kennedy @hayfestival.bsky.social talking chillingly on ‘Impunity’ - how the rich and the powerful get away - literally - with murder. In awe of women like Helena who step into those spaces to hold them to account

Inspiring, moving and joyful in equal measure @kateraworth.bsky.social and sister Sophie Raworth on stage at @hayfestival.bsky.social

✨ Our Chief Exec @suepritch.bsky.social is giving the keynote speech for the food systems track at The Conduit's Climate and the Future of Health 2026 conference. 📍The Conduit London 🗓️ Monday 22 June 2026, 11:45-11:55 More: live.theconduit.com/climate-and-...

I’d go further. We need electoral reform now. The (new?) PM should establish a citizens assembly on voting reform in 2027 If there is convincing support, use the labour majority to legislate for the 2029 election. www.thetimes.com/article/16d6...

Senior Greens urge party to step aside for Andy Burnham in Makerfield

A letter to Zack Polanski says the party should seek a pledge on electoral reform in exchange for not fielding a candidate

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How we make good decisions about the UK’s precious land - for now and our long term futures - is becoming more and more consequential by the month. Join us in this important conversation. 👇🏼

Campaign to Protect Rural England@cprecountryside.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Land Use Conference - meet the speakers (part one) 💚 Join decision-makers, campaigners, experts and changemakers to confront the land crisis head on. 25 June | Secure your place 👇 www.cpre.org.uk/land-use-con... @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @adeptla.bsky.social @suepritch.bsky.social

Our Chief Exec @suepritch.bsky.social responds to a major new report from @thecccuk.bsky.social: "The Climate Change Committee’s report is a sobering read. We are shooting past 1.5 degrees, and now planning for two degrees of warming by 2050 and four by 2100.... [cont.d]

Last night, at the launch of @thecccuk.bsky.social sobering yet practical report, A Well Adapted UK, one moment stood out for me. This - the women leading this critical work…

This whole thing is everything 👇🏼💥

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This is amazing - @kevinolearytv 🤡 is fearmongering about Chinese agents opposing his giant Utah data center… but it’s 2 young local girls in Utah who hilariously call him (and his “dumbass hat”) out👇🏽 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DYU074V...

Very much looking forward to this

Campaign to Protect Rural England@cprecountryside.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Land has never been under more pressure. Our Land Use Conference this summer convenes experts, farmers, changemakers and decision-makers to face the crisis head-on at @ucl.ac.uk. 🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/running-ou...

📢 It’s time to cut the chemicals from our food and fields ✍️ PETITION - soilassociation.co/cutthechemsb... In the UK, just before harvest, some crops are sprayed with glyphosate to dry them out. It helps meet food system demands for speed and uniformity, letting farmers plan harvests in advance

In a nutshell from Guy at Riverford. “Most of UK farming is trapped in a cash starved extractive loop that destroys soil and ecosystems while leaving our country’s food supply vulnerable to an increasingly unstable world”

What if.. we bring the same ambition and courage to the food crisis as we have to the energy transition?

🗣️”Let's talk about the winners in the system at the moment, because some of them are absolutely invisible to most of us” 🍓FFCC’s Chief Exec @suepritch.bsky.social joined the Wilder Podcast to unpack big questions about the food system. Listen here: ffcc.co.uk/conversation...

“These realities highlight why we need to loosen the grip of hydrocarbons on our food system”. > giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

The coming global food crisis

Hunger and even famine are foreseeable consequences of the war on Iran. Now the world must act to shield the poorest from effects that will continue long after the fighting stops

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What Guy says 👇🏼

My periodic reminder for when people get huffy about “subsidising” farmers with payments for public goods, industries are benefiting from public money to do bad things. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Drax claimed record £999m in subsidies for burning trees in 2025, thinktank says

Company has received about £8.7bn in renewable energy subsidies since 2012, despite claims wood pellets are not sourced sustainably

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