Melvyn Kay

@MartinSLewis According to ChatGPT there no such organisation. Regulations around chips refers electronic chips.

Today's FRI Poll: Sadly, the British League for Approved National Chips (BLAND) has ordered that from now on all chips must be standardised & cooked the same way... the rest outlawed forever! Its a sad affair, but at least its letting us vote on one of four types to decide...🍟

@JimScarratt Hi Jim. Try ChatGPT (it’s free) with your request. It suggests several options. A great app for sorting out queries. Best melvyn.

Any of my farming friends know a company where I can get a fuel bowser? I’ve tried a few but all they seem to do are either 1000 lt fast tow behind truck or ‘site’ bowsers which don’t have brakes, lights etc. I also want decent wheels not car tyres so i can tow behind 🚜 offroad

Want to explore the world of water security and its impact on sustainable development. Have a look at this book Title Detail: Sustainable Development and Water Security by Melvyn Kay and Olcay Unver. Agenda Publishing also on Amazon with free sample chapter.

Looking for that special Christmas gift for your water friends? A great book just published can fill the gap: Try "Sustainable Development and Water Security: Towards Achieving a Water Secure World" READ a sample on Amazon amazon.co.uk/Sustainable-De… Please retweet.

Six FREE places at UKIA conference on 6 March for young professionals in agriculture U35. Visit ukia.org for more information. #irrigation #drainage #water #agriculture

UK Irrigation Association Conference 6 March Peterborough Planning for abstraction reform: Are you ready to protect your water rights? Full details and registration ukia.org #irrigation #agriculture #water #drainage

6 FREE places for U35s details and application via ukia.org UKIA Annual Conference Wednesday 6 March 2024 Orton Hall Hotel Peterborough "Planning for abstraction reform: Are you ready to protect your water rights?"

UKIA Spring Conference 6 March Peterborough Planning for abstraction reform: Are you ready to protect your water rights? ukia.org for programme and speakers. Booking open with 10% early bird discount for individuals up to end of January. #irrigation # agriculture

Check out this upcoming event I’ll be attending lnkd.in/ebq7FK6C

Deeply sad and politically short-sighted of UK Govt to axe commitment to a fruit & vegetable strategy. Bad thinking. Wrong signals for land use & health. Read Minister’s statement: questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questi… Shame on him! Then read furious @vickihird comment: sustainweb.org/blogs/may23-ho…

Sad to report the death of Prof Gordon Spoor early this month. He was well known to anyone who has been associated with Silsoe College, Cranfield University (Formerly The National College of Agricultural Engineering). Gordon was an inspiration for many h…lnkd.in/eq7fjPnw

The brilliant @ProfTimLang concludes our documentary on food security. Find out what he had to say in this exclusive interview 👇 buff.ly/40biEaV #foodproduction #zoonoses #climatechange #foodsecurity

Could not agree more. Particularly about the need for water. Without it nothing grows.

1. How much food should UK grow? & how? 2. What to do about food chain labour crisis? 3. How to shift diets to cut ill-health costs & stop ecosystems damage? 4. How to reduce food burden in cost of living crisis without increasing exploitation? 5. How to reduce food inequalities?

In coverage of UK budget, note how many comments point out lack of a ‘plan’. After years of deriding planning, people are realising planning can be good. ‘Let markets decide’ mantra is running out of road. UK needs a food plan for resilience. Big questions are ducked: 1/2

@JimScarratt @EnvAgency @KellyHewsonF 👍

Finally filling the reservoir from river water on Monday after 60mm rain so far this month. The river is now almost over the bank, I still think we should have been filling when it was 6-8” higher than normal, but the @EnvAgency know best,🤣🤦‍♂️ @KellyHewsonF @ukirrigation

Today UKIA are talking about how to reduce the impact of drought on food production #irrigation #water #agriculture

Join us & thousands more managing abstraction licences online. We’re bringing our water resources licensing service to you at Wednesday’s @ukirrigation conference. Bring licence details to begin registering on the day. Find out more: …on-impoundment-licence.service.gov.uk/welcome #abstraction

February Fill Dyke….not this year. Reservoir only 20% full. Land drains have not run yet. Still in drought status in E.Anglia….another interesting year ahead. #foodsecurity #irrigation