Originally posted @ 8:38 am, Mon 22nd Sep 2008
Attended a compelling meeting hosted by the National Farmers Union and addressed by Hilary Benn and Peter Kendall, the NFU President.
Refreshing for the plain speaking, the meeting discussed the NFU contention that "productive farming matters".
A shame that more farmers could not be there as usual, but the very wet summer, with many farmers only being able to fully collect their harvests in the last few days, has meant their pre-occupations were elsewhere.
Earlier, I spent time with the Countryside Alliance at their stall in the exhibition. The Alliance are trying to widen their appeal by highlighting concerns over things like fly-tipping. Interesting that some of their proposals need more public expenditure when I suspect that most of their supporters will be looking for less.
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