nufsaid

June 2010 - Posts

• The best farm diversification ever

  Before you ask, yes – I meant to be this sun burnt, ok? And I’m definitely supposed to have these unusual suntan lines across my back and shoulders. And the panda eyes from wearing my sunglasses. I thought Glastonbury was all about storms... Posted Jun 28 2010, 02:29 PM by NufSaid Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Agriculture, farming, Nuffield, Travel, Glastonbury, Music, sun, ellie goulding, foals, mumford and sons, heat wave, weather [Edit Tags]

• A few of my favourite things

  My tent’s up (hurrah for the pop-up variety), the sun’s out, I’m on a farm and I have three days of music ahead of me. What could be better… Read More... Posted Jun 24 2010, 05:21 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, farm, Glastonbury, Music, Countryside, festival [Edit Tags]

• Hoping for a rapid rate of recovery

  Stocks Towers feels strangely quiet tonight. For the first time in a fortnight I’m free of visitors and Antipodeans. I’ve had a brill couple of weeks but I’m utterly cream-crackered now – my ability to cope with late nights has... Posted Jun 20 2010, 08:15 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Nuffield, Australians, Glastonbury, Music, football [Edit Tags]

• A bloomin’ good time in Lincolnshire (and proof it was worth carrying the laptop)

  I’ve had the day off today and been up to Gob of the Wash’s pad in Lincolnshire. I’d pretended the trip was in aid of taking a flower-growing chum there to see Matthew’s farm, but in reality it was because I wanted to meet Wooster... Posted Jun 15 2010, 09:57 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, matthew naylor, rainforest alliance, Lincolnshire, flowers [Edit Tags]

• No shortage of water in Cambridge

  I know I keep harping on about it, but getting a Nuffield Scholarship is the best thing ever. It’s not just making some brilliant friends who think nothing of letting you invade their home, having a nosey around brilliant farms and businesses and getting... Posted Jun 14 2010, 11:29 AM by NufSaid Filed under: farming, Nuffield, Nuffield Scholarship, punting, Cambridge, James Peck [Edit Tags]

• Backing farming’s boffins

  I wrote a few articles last year about agricultural research in the UK. I was looking at funding sources, the decline in spend on R&D and the kinds of things research institutes in Britain are looking at. As I’m sure you’ve already guessed... Posted Jun 12 2010, 07:55 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, Communication, farming, Politics, Food, Government, ag, Rothamsted Research, science, funding [Edit Tags]

• Sojourn to Cereals

  Apologies for all those waiting with baited breath for news about the naked Scottish sheep, I’ll get around to it at some point, honest. I’ve been a bit busy entertaining some Nuffield chums who have come over from Australia to follow a strict... Posted Jun 09 2010, 02:49 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Farmers Weekly, Agriculture, farming, Nuffield, FW, Cereals Event 2010, Cereals, Cereals Event [Edit Tags]

• Score-tish sheeps

  I’m in Kelso in Scotland at the mo having a look at some top-notch farms rearing pedigree Aberdeen Angus herds and wool-shedding sheep. I’ll fill you in on the details later (I have a five-hour train journey home, I’ll need to kill some... Posted Jun 04 2010, 08:58 AM by NufSaid Filed under: farming [Edit Tags]