Nuffield travels

Packing the car for Groundswell has given me a couple of thoughts (dangerous, I know).

After 6,500 miles (and only one blown tyre 🚗💨), 100s of farmers 👩🌾👨🌾, 22 months, and 9 countries 🌏, I’m proud to have completed my (1) Nuffield report

This Thursday at Groundswell Agriculture, Tom will be joined by three brilliant grower group facilitators I met along the way to unpack how we can change this: 🌿 Tim Field 🌳 Nick Marriner 🌱 Andrea McKenna

Tom's just back from 5 weeks across Aus for his Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust study (funded by Yorkshire Agricultural Society 🙏). A few highlights 👇

A few key themes coming through in conversations so far, some of which which will sound pretty familiar:

Tom reflects on the importance of grower groups in Australian agriculture and announces his upcoming antipodean trip

Key insights from a packed two weeks in 🇳🇱 🇩🇪 🇩🇰 🇳🇴 for my Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust research:

Driving (literally 🚛 ) Soil Health: Lessons from Northern Europe (I'll explain these in a bit more detail below) ❤️ Changing behaviour is about passion first, knowledge second

Thoughts on Brazil 🇧🇷(Will unpack these below) 🤯 Mind-blowing scale 💚 Sustainability driven by the economics 🤔 What makes a Nuffield scholar unusual?

🤯 What a way to start this #Nuffield adventure - thank you Robbie Moore and Henry Alexander for speaking with us all in 10 Downing Street this morning.