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Ideas to fruition

Posted by Ian Brown on February 18, 2008 8:47 PM | 

BBC countryfile celebrated the 100 years of the NFU - National Farmers Union by pointing out they had helped secure £100billion of taxpayers money without throwing the defence argument effectively. What I want to mention in this blog is that this is the moment to draw a line under the previous century of subsidies as we look forward to a more transparent, managed UK countryside where the people doing the work and those helping to pay for it understand the relationship they are in. Now what is the land for and what could we do with it?

If the rural community is going to strengthen and diversify its economy then the majority of the inhabitants need to be more aware of the opportunities; conversely the agencies tasked with helping need to tee up those opportunities. I have been involved with bringing ideas to fruition for sometime...it should be easier to do the right thing!

RELU is having The Great Land Use Debate during Science week starting 7th March, let us look and join in with that as well as looking at the people skills side of the coin. The first step to success is saying it out loud and sometimes in rural areas where business and family lies in close harmony that can be difficult.

Let's hope that the mixed fortunes of farming at the minute starts the drive the cogs of innovation

Ian

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