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Agriculture Commentator ✍️📺📻 @NuffieldFarming Scholar 2023 🗞️ Columnist @HeraldScotland @scottishfield🎤 Keynote speaker and MC 📧claire.taylor12@hotmail.com
Jul 12, 2022 9 tweets 5 min read
😡📢 Bear with me while I air my disappointment and frustration with my local supermarkets @Tesco and @asda on their betrayal of Scottish and UK farmers during what is a deeply challenging time for the sector 👇

#SupportLocal #BackBritishFarming First on my lunchtime stop today was @Tesco in Kilmarnock to do a wider food shop but also pick up some lamb.

There was not one single Scottish or UK lamb product on their shelves. But a plentiful selection from New Zealand... Image
Sep 30, 2021 6 tweets 3 min read
1/6 A very sobering meeting tonight hearing about the severe labour shortages rippling across the UK – perspectives shared from horticulture, agriculture, HGV sector, hospitality & tourism & across the food & drink sector.

Shared message from all "The UK Govt isn't listening" 2/6 @scotfoodjames hits the nail on the head calling out the UK Government’s penchant for three word slogans such as “Take back control” & “Get Brexit done,” by offering “Close the door” to sum up a hostile immigration policy which is stifling food and drink businesses.