Busy!

A week since I posted. Sorry, it's been busy.


Last Wednesday I was at an NFU growers meeting. Various concerns, including a crazy policy by the Government to close the Seasonal Agricultural Workers scheme as part of their attempt to appear macho on immigration. SAWs workers are students, generally highly skilled, and almost inevitably return to their country of origin!

Thursday & Friday was a Faith at Work, Worcester Industrial Mission, team residential meeting at Holland House. That's the photo.

Saturday I was at a men's breakfast. The speaker had been a chaplain in the services. Some fascinating discussion about faith and war and attitudes to service personnel when the war is morally suspect

Sunday Little Witley church have as their Lent theme "Building Bridges for Christ" and I spokje about building bridges in the agricultural industry


Monday Churches Together in Malvern were looking at "The Rural Idyll and the Church"

Tuesday was a meeting of the BBC's Rural Affairs Committee, addressed by Helen Ghosh, permanent secretary at Defra. A fascinating, if scary insight into what that department is (and isn't) thinking.

Today, Worcester market. Prices down a little on last week but still well up on the disaster of a couple of months ago. It all depends on the strength of the £, and that's something producers have no control over.