Rural uprising: How Britain’s farmers fell out of love with the Conservative Party

https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-tories-face-farmer-fury-in-blue-heartlands/

'The next day, Coffey incurred further criticism for suggesting in the House of Commons that Britons should eat more turnips — an unloved local crop — while more popular vegetables were in short supply. She was widely pilloried in the British press.'

#conservatives #Conservative #UK #farmers #farmer #rural #agriculture #turnips #turnip #shortages

#Caturday and #Turnips , #Caturday (late, sorry) and #Turnips .
https://galenorn.com/2023/07/01/its-caturday-328/

Happy #Caturday and #CatsOfMastodon !!!
https://galenorn.com/2023/06/24/its-caturday-327/
And #Turnips !!!

Home again, home again, jiggety-jig. I arrived home from Venice to find that a) Myrtle had eaten one of my jalapeno plants and b) there were a plethora of Hakurei turnips to harvest.

Currently unpacking and figuring out what to make with my garden booty.

#travel #venice #italy #gardening #turnips

After #Brexit, the UK signed a trade continuity agreement with #Morocco (replicating the trade deal the UK had with the country as an EU member).

In March 2022, Poole Harbour announced a new direct service connecting the UK and Morocco would be launched "shortly".

It said it would provide "an alternative route for exporters from Morocco and Africa currently using road networks to the UK via Europe". But to date, the route has not been launched.

#tomatoes
#turnips

#Food #rationing #UK #Turnips
I am ordering some 40 day Turnips ,just about the only thing I can thank the Tories for is tempting me into trying them .But if you want greens and cant get salad veg,you can sprout your veg waste ,I currently have a lettuce stump sprouting ,some celery and spring oinions , I always keep the ends of carrots,cabbages ,swedes etc to grow on for flowers ,but the leaves of all of those are edible and some lettuce seed I sowed last week is already sprouting

Despite what Tory tacticians may think, I can’t see #Sunak getting more than a small, shortlived poll bounce from the #WindsorAgreement. People care more about the fact that they can’t pay the mortgage and are sitting in the cold eating #Turnips The Windsor Agreement won’t change any of that.

Apparently it is #NationalStrawberryDay today.
This seems like the wrong time of year (and I wonder if #turnips might not be more appropriate at the moment), but I'll jump on the bandwagon with a #video of Strawberries and Cream (or Ginnie Pug) from Playford's Dancing Master, 1670.

Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: #recorder
Tamsin Lewis: #violin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTxak2qVf20&ab_channel=Passamezzo

#earlymusic #youtube #youtubemusic #youtubevideo #youtubechannel #earlymodern #strawberries #strawberry #strawberriesandcream #violinist #violadagamba #recordingartist #countrydance #dance #classicalmusic #folkmusic #englishmusic #turnip #otd #onthisday
@earlymodern @histodons @earlymusic @histodon #histodon #histodons

“It’ll all be over by Christmas”. #Turnipland #Turnips #foodshortages

Meanwhile.. #turnips #tomatoes and all that!

#Turnips
I never actually thought of growing turnips because I like swede (aka Swedish Turnipand turnips are too fussy about getting cold compared to their hardier cousins .but thanks typo our govt I am tempted they sound interesting
https://www.rhs.org.uk/vegetables/turnips/grow-your-own

Upscale #Turnips in Ocado :chick_happy_sweatdrop: She actually meant swedes didn't she?

Who wants us to eat sodding #Turnips?

Useful tip for Brits who are short of salad vegetables and don’t like #turnips: it’s possible to eat dandelions. 😬 🌼 #BrexitFoodRationing

A root-veg powered economic recovery. Recommends Thérèse ‘let them eat turnip’ Coffey.

Oh, and these problems are absolutely nothing to do with #brexit

#Turnips #ToryIncompetence

#Brexit #Turnips #SeasonalFood
Environment secretary urges Britons to ‘cherish’ turnips amid food shortages
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/23/food-shortages-environment-secretary-urges-britons-cherish-turnips?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

A gift to German headline writers from the UK today #Turnips #TurnipWinter https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/23/food-shortages-environment-secretary-urges-britons-cherish-turnips

#ClimateDiary 23 Feb 23. Today #ThereseCoffey suggested we should eat #Turnips (and work harder) in face of vegetable shortages. Sums up Tory values just beautifully. Interesting how there is a certain convergence of right-wing and eco thinking when it comes to critiquing reliance on unsustainable global supply chains. But noone is mentioning #ClimateChange even though it’s part of the “unseasonal” weather in Spain. Anyway, quite a few supermarkets are rationing 🥗

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/23/food-shortages-environment-secretary-urges-britons-cherish-turnips?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

@Hinterlands have you seen that Therese Coffey has now echoed your advice? Clearly reads your toots. #turnips

I might cook a lamb navarin this weekend. But I probably won't be able to buy any #turnips.