Serious investment thinking that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
Perspectives on conservation, land management and investing in agriculture from farmers across the globe
Originally published July 2021. Among the many quotes attributed to Einstein, the following seems most pertinent as we look to the future: ‘'The significant challenges we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking that we were at when we created them’. Undoubtedly as we move forward, both...
Dear Editor, I promised in my last letter to address the matters of property and agriculture in this epistle. Well rather strangely both topics come to mind as a result of two...
These are changing, and some might say, exciting times at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Whilst not usually a high profile Ministry, the...
Dear Editor, "What's the weather like with you?" The most common telephone question ever asked. We all ask it. It's a conversation opener rather like the glib "How are you...
Both the Oxford farming conferences hosted Defra minister Michael Gove in January. At each he made much of a future domestic agricultural policy that has really been nascent for...
Dear Editor, I have never been very keen on Australia. Snakes, sharks and poisonous spiders, busy, hot cities, remote, outback towns, vast expanses of nothingness. Australia is a...
Why the future of farming depends on determination and long-term vision.
Nigel Wheeler discusses a visit to Australia.
Dealing with a situation of decreasing biodiversity.
On apples, farm workers and Brexit.