nufsaid

March 2011 - Posts

• Toilet break

  I only ever come to Brussels for work-related stuff, so tonight I decided to see a bit of the city and leg it around the touristy spots before the sun went down. It turns out the place is titchy, and unless I managed to miss a massive chunk of the city... Posted Mar 28 2011, 09:45 PM by NufSaid Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Weird, Travel, Europe, Brussels, mannekin pis, belgium, tourists, chips [Edit Tags]

• The language of the CAP

  I can’t remember any German when I need it, but every time I come to French-speaking Brussels it seems to be the only language that leaves my mouth. Having got off the Eurostar I couldn’t even seem to remember how to ask where the taxi rank was in English... Posted Mar 28 2011, 09:21 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, Communication, farming, NFU, Government, CAP, Europe, German, dacian ciolos, Brussels, french, language, common agricultural policy [Edit Tags]

• Mercosaur sighting #2

  I wonder if the artist who drew the illustration for page 20 of this week’s issue of Farmers Weekly had seen my Mercosaur picture. Coincidence? Read More... Posted Mar 17 2011, 09:52 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Farmers Weekly, Weird, Mercosaur, Illustration [Edit Tags]

• Doing porridge for a farm photo

  When I was on holiday in Florida a couple of years ago, I managed to convince my friends to pull our hire car over so I could stop off to take some photos of an orange grove. Not being farmer-types, they had a bit of a whinge about the delay. They couldn’t... Posted Mar 09 2011, 04:43 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, farming, Weird, America, United States, Politics, farm, Food, ag, photography, law, Florida, farm access, photos, prison [Edit Tags]

• The EU reporter’s job is safe in my hands…

  Today I had to write a story about Mercosur. Imagine my disappointment when I discovered it’s actually a group of South American countries who want a trade agreement with the European Union and not what I thought it was…. Read More... Posted Mar 07 2011, 09:32 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Politics, EU, Europe, trade, Mercosur, south america, dinosaur [Edit Tags]

• The funny side of farming

  I managed to hold it together until the stereo started blaring out “Where’s your sausage gone?” to the tune of ‘Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep’. It was at that point – stood outside Downing Street in front of a 16ft, shiny... Posted Mar 04 2011, 09:21 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Farmers, Agriculture, London, farming, Weird, Celebrities, farm, Food, Government, pigs, BPEX, giant sausage, sausage, pig [Edit Tags]

• Sausage signings

  Tomorrow I’m going to be spending seven hours in central London with a load of pig farmers, an ex-Atomic Kitten, an ice-skating Gladiator, a 15ft sausage and a load of marker pens. I am a serious journalist… I am a serious journalist…... Posted Mar 02 2011, 05:39 PM by NufSaid Filed under: London, farming, Weird, Celebrities, Food [Edit Tags]