FYI: an email from NERC about FWAG’s re BSE in AONBs states that FOE, HSA and CLA are concerned about violation of GSCOP. A MOP involved, including MAFF, NAAC, FSA and LACORS, will take place ASAP at RABDF HQ where DEFRA will put forward their RDPE. NB: RSPCA and RoSPA will be on hand to discuss H&S issues while SAFFIE and NFU representatives will meet with IFOAM to ensure IFIS regulations are met. PS: SCPS, SPS or SFP are unaffected…
I could go on, using all of the hundreds of acronyms put together in a booklet produced by Charlie Battle of AIC (sorry - Agricultural Industries Confederation) which landed on my desk. How those poor farmers, having done a hard-day’s toil out in the fields, face up to today’s ugly, jargonised officialdom I’ll never know. My advice? Tell them to stick it WTSDS.