As the UK heads into a second lockdown I felt very lucky, if a little guilty, to be heading for Iceland.
With this week’s critical Parliamentary vote against the Agriculture Bill amendment, a challenging growing season and harvest, plus a global pandemic influencing shoppers and their buying habits alongside the continued debate around climate instability and biodiversity loss, farm businesses are in a potentially precarious position economically and ecologically.
After a truly fantastic September that felt more like May, the seasons have definitely changed here in Dorset.
This month’s column takes the the form of an open letter to MP Lucy Frazer, who represents south east Cambridgeshire.