Maria Benjamin

In @thetimes today talking about our Lake District Tweed business. thetimes.co.uk/article/lake-d…

There is no way you can make farms more profitable when you are Raising taxes on them Withdrawing payment support Opening up trade with subsidised foreign farmers Unwilling to grapple with buyer monopolies Unwilling to do anything real about their costs

@herdyshepherd1 Thank you! 😊 And just arrived today after being sold out for months, the new Ullswater throws. Using wool from four farms in the Ullswater valley including Herdwick from @herdyshepherd1

Annual shout out for the brilliant @MZebBenjamin and her amazing tweeds, soaps, and other great stuff made from local farms - including ours lakedistricttweed.com

I'm looking forward to meeting lots of visitors to Cumbria at Grasmere Sports on Sunday. We are there to highlight the many positives that farming delivers to Cumbria. A little knowledge goes a long way! #farming #food #nature #economy #community #herdwick

It is as plain as day. We're giving up food security, losing our farmers, destroying our rural economy and communities. This is happening in Cumbria right now! Supermarkets, are you not worried? Gov't don't you care? People don't you understand? We must elevate this debate!

theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a… It sticks in my craw that United Utilities has destroyed nearly all the hefted flocks from the fells it owns. This is eco-community clearance in the name of nature and water quality, but to what purpose? Who is gaining, who is losing and who cares?

There has been a shameless attempt by large orgs/corps to shift the responsibility for river degradation from their own waste treatment plant to local farms Matt is doing an amazing job calling this out - farming can affect rivers but this isn’t the big issue on Windermere

Excited to be part of this again at @grasmeresports on Sunday with @NT_TheNorth @ruslandvalley @farmernetwork1 @4CommonLand @MZebBenjamin and Herdwick Sheep Breeders. Celebrating farming and cultural heritage in the @lakedistrictnpa #UNESCO @LakesPlanner @lakesauctioneer 🐑

@GhettoBasquiat My mum is schizophrenic and never really liked me. She had a traumatic life but now she has dementia, she seems to have gone back to a self that is pre-trauma. She doesn’t know who I am but I’ve never seen her so happy, free of her demons. Anyone else experience this?

If you’ve never had to take care of a parent/grandparent with Alzheimer’s or Dementia, please count your blessings That shit is NOT for the weak. To see the look in someone’s eyes that took you to school, taught you how to tie a tie, and taught you golf……

British journalist Peter Oborne confronts BBC News Director Richard Burgess; lets face it, the @BBC is frankly up the israeli genocidal arse

What is the fking purpose of having international law if it can’t prevent another holocaust that is livestreamed to the world?

@armadalefarm Oh love it! I love a blanket stitch edge ❤️

Beautiful new blanket made with wool from our friends, Sarah Jane and Alan Forbes North Country Cheviot ewes at Dalrachie. Designed and produced by Knockando Woolmill in Speyside, nearby to where the ewes are farmed. Guests in our holiday accommodation are loving it.

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NEW PODCAST EPISODE: We speak with @MZebBenjamin about what a diversified farm business can look like & how skills are key for a #sustainablefuture Maria shares her career journey into working with natural materials & crafting products sustainably bit.ly/4l2XW88

To all friends In light of the current events in Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have made their films about Palestine available online for free. In this post, we share with you links to films you can view and share to get our message out to the world: • A collection of documentaries published by Al Jazeera Documentary: bit.ly/3yp2nBI bit.ly/2SSpMeC bit.ly/3f0KK3P • "Keeper of Memory" documentary: youtu.be/eywuYeflWzg • "Empty Seat" documentary: youtu.be/an4hRFWOSQQ • "Resistance Pilot" documentary: youtu.be/wqSmdZy-Xcg • "Jenin" documentary: vimeo.com/499672067 • "The Olive Tree" documentary: vimeo.com/432062498 • "Scenes from the Occupation in Gaza" documentary 1973: youtu.be/1JlIwmnYnlE • Documentary "Gaza Fights For Freedom": youtu.be/HnZSaKYmP2s • Documentary "Arna's Children": youtu.be/cQZiHgbBBcI • Short Film "Strawberry": vimeo.com/209189656/e551… • Short Film "The Place": youtu.be/fgcIVhNvsII • Documentary "The Mayor": youtu.be/aDvOnhssTcc • Documentary "The Creation and the Nakba 1948": youtu.be/Bwy-Rf15UIs • Documentary "Occupation" 101": youtu.be/C56QcWOGSKk • "The Shadow of Absence" Documentary: vimeo.com/220119035 • "The Don't Exist" Documentary: youtu.be/2WZ_7Z6vbsg • "As The Poet Said" Documentary: vimeo.com/220116068 • "Five Broken Cameras" Documentary: youtu.be/TZU9hYIgXZw • "Paradise Now" Feature Film: vimeo.com/510883804 • "Abnadam" Short Film: youtu.be/I--r85cOoXM • "Wedding of Galilee": youtu.be/dYMQw7hQI1U • The feature film "Keffiyeh": vimeo.com/780695653 • The documentary film "Slingshot Hip Hop": youtu.be/hHFlWE3N9Ik • The documentary film "Tall al-Zaatar": youtu.be/Ma8H3sEbqtI • The documentary film "Tall al-Zaatar - The Secrets of the Battle": youtu.be/Ma8H3sEbqtI • The documentary film "In the Grip of the Resistance": youtu.be/htJ10ACWQJM • The documentary film "Swings": youtu.be/gMk-Zi9vTGs • The documentary film "Naji al-Ali: An Artist with Vision: youtu.be/Y31yUi4WVsU • "The Upper Gate" Documentary: vimeo.com/433362585 • "In Search of Palestine" Documentary: vimeo.com/184213685?1 • "Salt of this Sea" Feature Film: bit.ly/3c10G3Z • "Speak, Bird" Documentary: youtu.be/wdkoxBjKM1Q • "The Palestinian Exodus" Series: bit.ly/3bXNAVp • "I Am Jerusalem" Series: bit.ly/3hG8sDV

To grow food, we need nature. The UK Government must increase investment in nature friendly farming. #NatureCantWait Sign and share the petition. action.rspb.org.uk/page/156168/pe…

Recently sent beautiful gifts from Maria and Zoe at The Wool Library of a hat, tie, key ring and bag. Made using the tweed they designed and manufactured from our North Country Cheviot Hogg wool. Fiona Miller made the cushions and blinds in our holiday lets with the same tweed🙏🏻

@herdyshepherd1 The Outsider ❤️

Made me fall in love with what a writer could be… a special man… his last, unfinished, book, The First Man, is beautiful - But there is barely a word he wrote that I haven’t read multiple times

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