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Transport costs are prohibitive for school trips. An easy way for BMBC to support Great Childhood Ambition. Other councils do it.

Fabulous as this is, how is it that Barnsley schools are having to cancel school trips whilst Barnsley Council has a fleet of minibuses parked up waiting for the end of the school day. Surely it's possible to make them available, even if it's only for trips within the borough?

@natalieben @LoTaylor23 I am a landowner, and what i want to do is protect nature, taking advice from specialists. I'm sorry to say, that am awful lot of people don't give a thought to how their actions affect the habitat they are moving through, as its about their enjoyment not environmental protection

@LoTaylor23 But the landowners - and those they invite in, like grouse-shooters - can do whatever they like. Yes, in places protection for nature should be certain, but that protection should apply equally to everybody

#RightToRoam - there is so little nature on these depleted islands, we need access to all of it theguardian.com/environment/20…

Cherry plum putting on a good display.

I have just been told by my local MP that around half of farms in the UK are 20ha or below. I can believe this if we are talking land holdings, but farms? Can this really be true @CLAtweets @NFUtweets ? I suppose it depends on your definition of 'farm'.

As farmers begin planting their spring crops, it’s a perfect time to explore the amazing work our farmers are doing & why it matters! Explore a variety of crop & livestock resources to use when teaching students about where their food comes from. 👇 countrysideclassroom.org.uk/resources/1715

Calling all budding young artists! Create a sticker for Open Farm Sunday & show us what “Farming with Nature” means to you! Winning designs will become official OFS stickers handed out to visitors➕receive your own personalised notebook! Enter here: farmsunday.org/competition

@GrahamDenny9 @TonyJuniper @TempleBalsall Totally agree, people do not respect wild areas. Instance here where field corner of scrub has been cleared and tall rotational cut hedge has been hacked down to about 1m, despite having been told not to touch it. Also created access into field. Everything must be 'tidy'.

@TonyJuniper @TempleBalsall There is and if you don’t check every year you will see it ebb away as polution , fences ,cats , kids ,dogs , traffic , strimmers , and lawnmowers ebb the numbers away . As it is in all developments . 🤞not more houses are passed .

A LOT of frog spawn in a little naturalistic wetland next to a relatively new housing development in #Cambridge. Housing & Nature next to one another - no problem. Blending this kind of habitat into new housing is not that complicated (& the wetland helps reduce flood risk).

@Farmer_Tom_UK Alternatively, if you don't like the environmental management of fields outside your garden, just get it all cut down, hedges, trees etc, open up an access through the hedge and leave all the trash, including your own garden trimmings in the field.

#FlyTipping Been doing some guttering and have some off-cuts? Why not save yourself a trip to the tip by chucking them in some farmer’s hedge? Safe in the knowledge that there is almost no chance of being caught and even if you are the fines are puny. Don’t forget to lob your cans and rubbish from your lunch in there too with any leftover compost. Don’t worry about the dafs; they’ll grow back. BTW ⬆️ #sarcasm.

@TWBFarms @Farmer_Tom_UK How many farms in the uk are below 50ha? Certainly not many at 3ha, so not support for working farms?

Serious industries need serious signals. When support is reduced and presented as progress, it doesn’t build confidence, it erodes it. Agriculture is capital intensive. Investment decisions are long term. Confidence is everything. If we want domestic food production to grow, policy must provide stability and clarity, not uncertainty. #FoodSecurity #UKFarming #RuralEconomy

@EmmaforWycombe It will be interesting to hear how many of those entering sfi26 with less than 50ha actually earn their living from farming.

Today at the NFU Conference I set out how this government is building farming's resilience: in partnership with farmers, with clarity and stability at the heart of the SFI26 offer, and by backing farmers to grow with confidence.

These resources for biology, geography, environmental science & business studies help students connect their studies to food & farming. - Ideal for classroom learning - For farm visits & farmer‑led sessions - Designed to complement A‑level topics countrysideclassroom.org.uk/sustainability…

@Steph_Peacock And those landscapes that you put first in your list of attractions are managed and maintained by farmers.

Tourism plays a vital role in shaping how the UK is seen around the world, through our landscapes, our heritage, our creativity and our culture 👇

@FavColour_Green Loads in our 1930s woodland edges, fantastic crop last year, although flesh to stone ratio not so good!

Public service announcement: It's time we started putting cherry plum in our hedges again. They look like blackthorn but less thorny and much less suckering. And they blossom earlier. Who doesnt want early signs of spring?! The ancient hedges round here are full of it

@Warburtons @graeme_from_IT @morgan_freeman @paddingtonbear Not seen the ad yet, but how about sending Paddington to New Hall Farm (a warburtons wheat grower & warburtons farm in a box host farmer) for @OpenFarmSunday (or Morgan Freeman would also be very welcome!!)

@graeme_from_IT @morgan_freeman @paddingtonbear What better way to celebrate 150 years of proper tasty bread?

I know it's 'only' an advert for Bread ( & Crumpets ), but seeing both @morgan_freeman AND @paddingtonbear on the new @Warburtons advert was a real "How did they get THEM?" moment…

@No1FarmerJake @nvonwestenholz @JoeWStanley Sadly atm there seems very little to deliver

@nvonwestenholz @JoeWStanley Let’s hope DEFRA can get the practicals in place to actually deliver…

Having worked in farming policy for nearly two decades, the criticism of DEFRA for "knowing nothing about farming" has been a constant. It's so odd that positive engagement by officials to learn more is getting flak. @JoeWStanley sets the record straight on a great initiative

Bingo is excited to let you know we have just registered to take part in @OpenFarmSunday Sunday 7th June. Great new connections this year, more to follow 🐏🥪🍰🍪🚜🦋🐝🌳🌾🦗🚓

@StuartMaggs So where has the agricultural budget gone, with practically all schemes shut down for the past 18 months?

If this report is accurate then there is a real problem. DEFRA have just received the report from Baroness Batters that clearly stated that farming urgently needs steps to grow income and the Government needs to properly value nature, biodiversity and water quality. If one of their first steps is to replace SFI with a system that undervalues nature and underpays farmers for their work on a vital public good, it demonstrates their disregard for UK agriculture. DEFRA should rapidly move to quash this rumour and reassure farmers that they have listened and will not treat them with the contempt this implies.

@JoeWStanley @VictoriaAtkins So are all @defra staff going to loddington? How much will that cost just to get them there @EmmaforWycombe? Should be training on farms local to offices. Move the trainers to near the trainees & save money, even if you can't (won't) trust a local farmer to do the training.

I’m proud of the excellent conversations I’m having with civil servants as part of this important training programme. It’s easy to criticise. Disappointing that @VictoriaAtkins would characterise as a ‘waste of money’. It began under her govt. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/0…

@KellyFarmWife @NoFarmsNoFoods @1GarethWynJones @Evsthetractor Let's hope that training goes all the way to the top, ministers included. Happy to host training in our area, we shouldn't be paying to transport all defra employees to Leicestershire, training should be regional. More cost effective to move the trainers.

gbnews.com/politics/labou… So let me get this right, Joe 'not a farmer' Stanley has brokered a deal with DEFRA for £650k to teach DEFRA employees about farming?! @NoFarmsNoFoods @1GarethWynJones @Evsthetractor