Robin Wood

🚨 Urgent action needed to secure the UK’s food supply as climate change, tariffs, and global instability threaten food security, warns a new report. Decisive action needs to be taken to transform our food systems in order to prevent food crises. 🌱🌍 #Plantbreeding is part of the solution: tinyurl.com/2s4de47s More info about the report hereℹ️ tinyurl.com/3yjz63cb #GrowingTheFuture #foodsecurity #plantbreeding

"We want to make agri-science relevant to all MPs, and connect agri-tech innovation with everyday concerns, from securing affordable food supplies to tackling climate change, improving health & nutrition, & leaving more room for nature." @MPGeorgeFreeman farminglife.com/business/cross…

The BSPB and plant breeding sector welcomes the commitment Secretary of State Steve Reed has made at the #OFC25 to introduce the necessary secondary legislation, by the end of March, to enable precision breeding techniques. This will encourage investment and innovation in UK plant breeding and agriculture. In turn, that will lead to newer and more sustainable varieties of plants being developed more quickly, delivering environment and economic benefits to all of us. The BSPB's Anthony Hopkins explores this and some other aspects of the speech in more detail.

The seed sector very much welcomed the new Government's commitment to enable precision breeding in September. As Defra made clear, it would enhance the ability of plant breeders to help us meet the challenges we face of making agriculture and food security more resilient and sustainable. The current uncertainty risks undermining the potential benefits, and confidence to invest in the technology as the FT cover ft.com/content/90f7bf…

Cheers to the weekend! Gene edited vines are in trials in Italy. These vines could be less reliant on fungicides. Read more here: nature.com/articles/s4158…

We are at the #Euroseeds2024 Congress in beautiful Copenhagen. We're looking forward to meeting colleagues from across the plant breeding and agricultural sectors. @ajh132 talks about what's going on, and some of the big topics of discussion. #Innovation #trade #sustainability

Another update from the #Euroseeds2024 Congress in Copenhagen as @ajh132 talks about how plant breeding has helped shape food and farming, and how it will help us meet the future challenges we face of feeding people sustainably. #seedinnovation

We welcome Defra and @DanielZeichner confirming they will bring forward the necessary legislation to allow plant breeders to use precision breeding technology. It will allow them to develop better crop varieites faster than before and thereby meet the challenges of ensuring national food security, sustainability, and resilience for farmers and food supply chains. gov.uk/government/new…

Thanks to Radio 4's Farming Today for covering the problems members have been facing importing seeds - especially seeds of oilseed rape for official trials. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Highlighting some of the challenges of the seed sector and food supply in the uk : theguardian.com/politics/artic…

The BSPB welcomes the questions @CommonsEFRA raise in this letter, but whilst clarity on the #BTOM is urgently needed, we are less than four days away from this coming into force. Seed breeders, like so many other sectors on the engagement calls over the last couple of weeks, need answers to know how their consignments of perishable and valuable seeds will be handled, and that processes will work. @DefraGovUK

#PlantBreeding is about #GrowingTheFuture as we use #plantscience to pursue: 👩‍🌾 Food production 🌱 Sustainability 🐝 Biodiversity Learn more ⬇️ euractiv.com/section/agricu…

Wow! A nutrient-rich GM purple tomato developed by British scientists, which could help improve health, is proving a hit in the United States. ITV News reports that seed sales topped $200,000 in the first week. At $20 per pack, that's 10,000 units sold! itv.com/news/anglia/20…

Gene edited wheat trials were successful in reducing levels of the amino acid, asparagine which is proven to be cancer causing. #Plantbreeding is an essential tool to develop more nutritious food varieties that benefit everybody. newscientist.com/article/235941…

#NewPlantVarieties can sustainably increase productivity and product quality in agriculture, horticulture and forestry 📈, whilst minimizing the pressure on the natural environment 🌱 ☑️ #FoodSystems4SDGs #SDG15 ow.ly/ZAvZ50Qs13L

Experts spread festive cheer revealing Christmas dinner can be healthy, and in particular the researchers at Newcastle University have found that the popular festive side-dish of carrots could help reduce the risk of cancer by almost a quarter. shorturl.at/goQ35

@Grainseed Agreed; this is a great example of how we should work together

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Maize treatments guaranteed until 2027! Industry collaboration has resulted in a change of Law allowing maize seed treatments/ parallel imports of pesticides to continue. This gives maize growers certainty until 2027! 🌱🎁🌱🎁🌱🎁🌱 #ChristmasComeEarly

🧅 ‘Customer relationships are key’. The Dutch company JPB exports non-perishable foods to customers around the world. It ships most products under its own label directly to their final destinations. Read more about Crimsun onions and JPB 👉🏼 bit.ly/3qcRUtZ #trade #onion

Every drop counts! Dubi Raz, Netafim’s VP Agronomy, will be discussing drip irrigation’s contribution to food security and climate change at this year’s #CarrotSymposium2023. Visit carrotsymposium.com #netafim #irrigation