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Tom Clarke 🇺🇦 🌻 Profile picture
Tom Clarke 🇺🇦 🌻
@Tom_Clarke
Accidental farmer | conservationist | Chair @AHDB_Cereals | NFU Sugar | NetZero | @ElyNFFarming #FederalUK Views my own
Nov 13 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Some personal & professional news:

Farming has got much harder. 1000 acres sounds like a lot, especially on beautiful, fertile fenland soil. I know what a massive privilege it was, ironically, when my dear Dad passed away, passed it on &
I became an accidental farmer.. Image I had no agricultural training or education. But fell in love with looking after our patch of land, and producing real things everybody needs.
I was lucky to have the space and time to learn from some of the best.

But the world has changed so much in 17 years. Image
May 23, 2022 • 15 tweets • 7 min read
I agree we cannot sustainably feed 10bn people with 'western' levels of dietary red meat with current technology & practice.

Either we find less damaging ways to raise it, or we should expect to lower consumption per head.

But @GeorgeMonbiot elides some key nuances here. 🪡1️⃣ Firstly the assertion that land use is 'arguably' the optimum measure of environmental damage.
It's an important one. But carbon emissions, surface pollution and water use are also really important.
It's also really key what the alternative use of the land would be. 2️⃣
May 19, 2021 • 23 tweets • 10 min read
Who doesn't love a sweet Australian import, eh?

But actual imported Aussie cane sugar is way more complicated.

The future trade deal with 🇦🇺 is right now being thrashed out in the Cabinet.

And, I just can't get it out of my thread...👇 Firstly, here's a big blue factory in London Docklands.

Make a note. This is important. We'll come back to this. 👇
Dec 12, 2020 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
Ok, It's confession time:
My name is Tom. I'm a nature friendly-farmer, anti-Brexit, climate change activist.
Over 15% of my farm is dedicated to measures which enhance nature.

I also back @NFUSugar application for emergency use of neonicotinoids in beet.

Here's why 👇/1 I back the broad ban on neonicotinoid pesticides. I don't want to use insecticides at all, and we had grown too dependent on these chemicals.
There are other ways to control pests and I'm at the forefront of pursuing these. /2
Jun 13, 2020 • 19 tweets • 9 min read
There are 2 huge non-Covid news events at the moment. Slavery & Food.
The outpouring of angst and protest over structural racism #BLM, and the prospect of striking trade free trade deals which lower food standards.
The link is Sugar. Silver Spoons & Golden Syrup: a thread 👇/1 Image The British Empire was built on tobacco, sugar and cotton. Tropical crops that were popular & couldn't (then) be homegrown.
Working on plantations was punishingly hot, hard and dangerous and quickly became the work of indentured, then slave, labour /2 ImageImage