'I never thought I'd be in a position where I'm warning about the danger of sleepwalking into a food supply crisis.'

NFU President minette batters spoke in the Daily Express about the need for goverment to take British food security seriously 🚜

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Shockingly descriptive demonstration of the small margins for farmers and growers in producing our food from BBC Countryfile Carol Ford Produced in Kent Ltd minette batters National Farmers' Union NFU Political Medway Council Kent County Council Growing Kent & Medway

A brilliant piece by charlotte smith & Vicki Hird MSc FRES 🐝🦋 🍃💚🍃 on BBC Countryfile demonstrating the profit a farmer makes once the retailer & processor take their cut. This perpetual squeeze on farming incomes is pushing people out of business. We need to value food & the farmers behind it👇

Before you do your xmas food shop please try to visit your local greengrocer , they were there for us all in lock down, they support our local schools, churches, charities and food banks !
No queues no plastic , great quality great service !
#goodgreengrocerguide #greengrocer

Many thanks Rishi Sunak for a really important meeting on UK food security👇

* Fair contacts for farmers & growers
* Building & marketing the British food brand at home & abroad
* Adding value to UK food processing
* Ensuring #ELMS delivers for Food production & Environment

Good to hear the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt speak so supportively of our farming industry at the National Farmers' Union reception today with minette batters  UK House of Commons.  I #BackBritishFarming 100% and look forward to my next meeting with local farmers in #WealdOfKent in January 2023.

UK farmers ripping up unaffordable orchards, NFU president says theguardian.com/environment/20…

Huge thanks to ⁦⁦Anthony Mangnall MP⁩ for hosting our Christmas MP reception at the House of Lords today for ⁦National Farmers' Union⁩ ⁦minette batters⁩ with ⁦Jeremy Hunt⁩ #backbritishfarming ⁦@NFUsouthwest⁩

Challenging situation for growers and farmers clearly put by excellent minette batters NFU South East NFU Political Carol Ford Growing Kent & Medway Produced in Kent Ltd

This is the scene on the #M25 this evening - heavy snow is making its way across Kent leading to severe disruption on the roads and railways across the county ❄️⚠️

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Monday is fast approaching, don’t miss #TheFoodTalkShow at 5pm.

AJ Sharp and Susie are joined by Matt Whelan fieldfare to talk all things frozen foods.

#tunein #brandnew #newepisode #foodtalkshow #podcast #foodandbeverage #producedinkent #frozenfood #fieldfarefoods

Well done james and Emma Nonington Farms! Great achievement. fwi.co.uk/farm-life/why-…

Newspaper says fruit pickers left in debt due to short season

Read more via #HortNews >> hortnews.com/articles/horti…

#seasonalworkers

Just one week to go! 😎

Have you registered for Vineyard Magazine's #vineyardshow ?

In this case study, one of our amazing speakers from our Kent & Medway Hack, Laura, explains her WILD BOX business journey🍹

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View our Kent & Medway library here:
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#ThrowbackThursday Kent County Council

Excellent article by Ged Futter on LinkedIn #freshproduce #freshfood #backbritishfarming ⁦GrowingKent⁩ ⁦National Farmers' Union⁩ 🥦🥕🥒🫑🍒🍓🍎🫐🍐💫 linkedin.com/posts/fordsynt…

WeAreMedway GrowingKent Produced in Kent Ltd

Floortje Hoette, CEO & Susie Warran-Smith CBE, Chair of the Board at Produced in Kent Ltd are now Kent Ambassadors
Floortje said: I'm honoured to have been appointed & will work hard to promote our Garden of England & its thriving food & drink sector. Read more ow.ly/nsM150LxKbE

Great launch of Kent Property Market Review - great analysis and major good growth opportunities presented in #Kent and #ThamesEstuary #Kent GrowthSpaceInitiative Caxtons Property Consultants Kent County Council Brompton Bicycle Thames Estuary Envoy Roger Gough Chris Naylor Locate in Kent

Important event - major challenges for #FreshFood sector that need to be addressed Carol Ford Growing Kent & Medway NFU Kent