Robin Hart

Britain is 110% self-sufficient in lamb. Let that sink in for a moment. Not "pretty good." Not "mostly fine." One hundred and ten percent. We grow more than we eat and export the rest. We have done this on permanent upland pasture that cannot be used for anything else, managed by farmers whose families have worked the same ground for generations, using animals that have been optimised for these conditions over centuries. 85% self-sufficient in beef. 100% in milk. 90% in eggs. The animal products on your plate, if you're eating in Britain, are almost certainly British. The supply chain is: farm, abattoir, butcher or supermarket. Measured in miles. Sometimes in tens of miles. Now. Your January strawberries are from Egypt. Your year-round peppers are from Spain or Morocco. Your salad leaves are from Israel in winter. Your green beans come from Kenya. Your blueberries are from Peru or Chile. They travel by refrigerated air freight, which is roughly fifty times more carbon-intensive per kilogram than road transport, to sit in a plastic clam shell next to a small flag and the word "fresh." The environmental argument against British animal products is not an environmental argument. It is a geography argument made by people who have not checked where their food comes from. Check where your food comes from.

⏰ Today, @SteveReedMP says we must prepare for food shortages. But in the High Court last week, Treasury lawyers argued there was “no good reason” to delay or consult further on IHT affecting farms, citing the need for flexibility to protect public finances and avoid delaying revenue. You can’t weaken food production and call it resilience.

The story about farmers and death that will just not die, 17 months in and if no change it will run to the next election when IHT changes will be consigned to history it is that bad a policy. Hats off to @Farmer_Tom_UK for leading this 🤞@FairFamFarming

The conversation that just won't go away. Businesses affected by changes to apr/bpr will be watching. Court days Tuesday and Wednesday this week. @TWBFarms @SkyNews @agricontract @GBNEWS @wheat_daddy @TimesRadio familybusinessunited.com/post/apr-bpr-j…

The UK is an international outlier in the lack of interest it shows in how we feed our population. The presumption is that Tesco has it in hand. We are terribly close to the day when this is shown to be folly @EmmaforWycombe. theguardian.com/global-develop…

If this is the case, the use of fake farms must stop, it deceives the consumer to think the food is produced locally when usually its foreign. Willow Farm (chicken), Woodside Farms (pork), Boswell Farms (beef), Rosedene Farms (fruit), Redmere Farms (vegetables), Nightingale Farms, and Suntrail Farms are the culprits.

‘The climate crisis, low incomes, poor farming policy and fragile just-in-time supply chains have left the UK dangerously exposed. One shock could spark social unrest and even food riots due to chronic issues with the UK food system.’ theguardian.com/food/2026/feb/…

🗣️ @JeremyClarkson has renewed his attack on the government’s inheritance tax reforms, warning in his latest @thetimes column that treating family farms like ordinary assets risks undermining British food production. READ MORE: ow.ly/ipto50Y8159

Jeremy Clarkson: “Starmer’s inheritance tax will still kill farming. The tax will ruin everything that makes Britain beautiful. The Chinese will arrive, buy everything and turn our green and pleasant bits into a 20-million-acre pig factory.” thetimes.com/comment/column…

Fairer Family Farming is now the only dedicated campaign focussed on urging HM Government to implement the CenTax proposal.

▪️Schools and hospitals should stop serving ultra-processed foods and give kids and patients real food that is sourced from local farms. ▪️As well as being healthier and help tackle obesity, it would give local farms an alternative mass supply route away from the supermarkets. ▪️Cooking, nutritional education, growing food and farm visits should also be part of the school curriculum.

Our food system Supermarket prices 'insanely high' Farming broken with profitability on the floor Tesco operating profit £3 billion

Congratulations Dialogue on critical international issues is more urgent than ever A huge privilege to work at Wilton Park for 25 years - meeting amazing people striving for better solutions in an ever more complex world, Listening, sharing, learning, co-designing better futures

👉 @CLAtweets has said the fight goes on to reverse the proposed changes to Inheritance Tax, despite the adjustments announced before Christmas. 🚨 🗣️ "We cannot pull back on our campaign to reverse the policy in full, simply because what remains is still so dreadful for the rural economy. READ MORE: ow.ly/Ic3a50XU68b

There must be a better way. 🙄

Great to see @CLAtweets still pushing forward, not waving the white flag like @NFUtweets . But let’s be clear, for most family farms, little has changed. We urgently need solutions for elderly and sick farmers, give them the dignity of time to plan their futures. The work’s far from done.

A policy modification well due, but still so wrong for so many. @agricontract @TWBFarms @wheat_daddy @CLAtweets @StephSpyro cla.org.uk/news/a-battle-…

🗣️ @amcarmichaelMP has warned that improvements to the Government's Inheritance Tax policy do not go far enough, demanding that an impact assessment of the changes be made public. 🚨📉 In response, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Dan Tomlinson MP said he stood by the current figures that supported the decision to raise the IHT threshold to £2.5m. Mr Tomlinson did not respond specifically on whether an impact assessment on Inheritance Tax changes would be published. READ MORE: ow.ly/LGWA50XStIN