Speakers at SEDA Land’s Nature Finance event include @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social director David Fleetwood, who will advocate for JMT’s carbon land tax, while @graememccormick.bsky.social will outline an annual ground rent model to replace all other taxes. No parroting allowed — only original thinking

The Nature Finance, Public or Private? event will be chaired by Nick Drainey, Scotsman news editor turned freelance journalist, who excels at cutting through jargon. Sophie Cooke will explore how different approaches to funding nature restoration might affect us personally, through her poetry.

Next Thursday, Charlie will be discussing the findings with FFCC’s Mhairi Brown and Jez Fredenburgh in an FFCC x @afnnetwork.bsky.social Webinar called ‘Power in the food system - how to shift it for citizens, farmers & nature’.

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Instead, the report makes the case for much more ambition from government – with potential policy levers not just falling to Defra, but also departments in charge of tax, health, trade, education, welfare and housing.

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🍔 Push for low-cost calories has cheapened British food

📉 Farming incomes have barely improved in real terms for 50 years

🛒 Tiny number of big businesses dominate our food chain

🌾 UK’s long-term food resilience at risk in volatile world

💪 Govt must fix dysfunctional economy for public benefit

With industry taking more than their fair share of seats at the table when it comes to influencing food policy, now is the time for government to rebalance the scales and listen to what citizens really want.

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Jim Carruth: Experiences of a Modern Day Farmer Poet
19 March, Alloway. Free, ticketed.

In this talk Jim Carruth – poet, Glasgow Makar, & farmer – shares some poems & discusses the challenges & changes facing farmers today
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