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Harriet Bell

@blewinbell.bsky.social
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Learning, applying...then maybe systemic change?

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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Some of the best examples of the heart, soul and wit of the UK can be found on the Underground h/t @tflondon.bsky.social
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
When you co-opt your fellow Riverford co-owners for the day and take them out to visit the lovely suppliers we work with. Doesn't matter where in the business you work, the field to plate process is everyone's business.
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
When you're trying to establish a living mulch over your trial plot but the rain has other ideas #farmworldproblem
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
@rspbengland.bsky.social is there anywhere one should report what I'm assuming is avian pox?
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
The @metoffice.gov.uk have helpfully put all their work on climate change and the UK's food & farming system in one place www.metoffice.gov.uk/services/gov...
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Food, Farming and Natural Environment Climate Service
Met Office science supports UK farmers and the food industry in adapting to climate change, offering Defra-funded Climate Services for improved sustainability.
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Beyond Pesticides @beyondpesticides.org · 21/07/2025
@beyondpesticides.org asks every member of the U.S. House to voice their #opposition to a provision before the Appropriations Committee that shields #pesticide companies from lawsuits by those harmed in using their products & limits states’ authority to regulate pesticides. ➡️ Blog: ow.ly/SRi750WsWml
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Congress Asked To Stop Provision in Approps Bill Blocking Pesticide Lawsuits on Farmer and Consumer Harm - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog
(Beyond Pesticides, July 21, 2025) Beyond Pesticides is asking every member of the U.S. Representatives to voice their opposition in advance of a vote as early as Tuesday, July 22 on a provision befor...
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Some Szechuan pepper trees at Riverford actually looking alright & fruiting! They were not planted by me. Hope these two things are not related. #RiverfordAgroforestry
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Anyone got any knowledge/experience of establishing trees into Reed Canary Grass? @benraskin.bsky.social @organicrescent.bsky.social @wtscotsocial.bsky.social @irishagroforestry.bsky.social
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Enjoyed a spot of bank holiday tea picking today at www.dartmoorestatetea.com As well as a wee bit of tasting, which was delectable. Even have my own plant to take home, although may be a few years before domestic production is up & running.
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Rob Larter @polarrobs.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
🧵🧪🏆🥇We've done it! We've raised atmospheric CO₂ concentrations to the point where, for the first time in human history, they have exceeded 430 ppm every day for a full week. It had become fairly certain that we'd reach this landmark sometime this month, but even so it's a fairly sobering moment.
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Just voted in my local elections. Polling stations open until 10pm, let's try and avoid living in a country run by Reform please! stopreformuk.vote?mc_cid=d3323...
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Stop the Tories and Reform
Your vote is your power. Use it tactically to get the Tories and Reform out, then influence your new MP and the next government.
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orfc.bsky.social @orfc.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
On May 28-29th, we’ll be welcoming several of agroforestry’s leading experts to Wakelyns to run practical workshops exploring silvohorticulture, fibre farming, growing pulses, and much more 🌳 Get your tickets: orfc.org.uk/orfc-in-the-...
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Whilst the sun and dry conditions are lovely, and helpful for a lot of farm work, this is also the first year in its history when Riverford's home farm has had to irrigate crops in March. This is worrisome #theclimateischanging
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Rising temperatures reduce the predictability of agricultural drought …driven by declining soil moisture memory and weakened land–atmosphere feedback www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Rising temperatures reduce the predictability of agricultural drought - Nature Climate Change
Drought predictability has a large impact on climate adaptation plans, but its future changes are often unknown. A drought predictability model reveals that increases in global temperatures of 2 °C or...
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
When you wasted 2 years trying to make micropropagation work in order to get numbers faster but it didn't. Then regular propagation show you how much you could have produced in that time h/t Delfland for their ongoing awesomeness #liveandlearn #perennialveg
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Went to visit a walnut tree today that my granddad planted in 1960. Wonder how many Riverford walnuts we'll be harvesting in 65 years time? Probs won't be me doing it by then.
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Vicki Hird MSc FRES @vickihird.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Useful Food resilience event - discussion which looked at: Is the UK prepared for food shocks? Who would be most at risk in the event of food supply disruption? What are the areas of focus or big features to build civil food resilience? nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/event-summar...
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Just in Case: 7 steps to narrow the UK civil food resilience gap: Event Summary - National Preparedness Commission
National Preparedness Commission breakfast discussion: Just in Case: 7 steps Read more >
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orfc.bsky.social @orfc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
🌱 Considering a career as a market gardener or looking to broaden your growing skills? Curious about what it takes to run a successful workers’ cooperative? Want to be more involved in London’s thriving community of food systems activists? Don’t miss out! - orfc.org.uk/orfc-in-the-...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 18/03/2025
"Being poor, being in poverty doesn't make you better." @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social reacts to the Government's indefensible disability welfare cuts on BBC Politics Live.
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We need more long-term agroforestry sites in this country, not less, if we are to advance our knowledge. The @agroforestryrt.bsky.social and Martin Crawford's work has been vital to enhancing our practice & policy please help save this asset from the Dartington Trust www.change.org/p/stop-the-d...
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Sign the Petition
Stop the Destruction of the World-Renowned Dartington Forest Garden
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Stop Musk! Change the law on political donations On 31st March, MPs will debate the petition that 140,000 of us signed - to stop overseas billionaires polluting our politics: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... Make sure your MP attends - email them now: www.writetothem.com
Poster depicts Elon Musk donating money to Nigel Farage. Text reads 'Stop Musk! Change the law on political donations. Parliamentary debate 31st March - email your MP now!'. Design inspired by the artist John Heartfield.
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I knew there was a reason the service design approach called to me! Other than the whole, putting people who use services at the centre of design thing #Ihateganttcharts
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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Dr Adrian Colston @dartmoorac.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The FiPL programme has been extended with an additional £30 million of funding. defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2025/02/26/f...
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Farming in Protected Landscapes programme extended until 2026
Farmers and land managers in England’s protected landscapes can now apply for funding from the Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) programme until March 2026.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Utterly shameful - a sickening betrayal of some of the poorest people. And counterproductive too - as if global security isn’t also dependent on efforts to tackle the climate crisis, global poverty, inequality, and humanitarian needs.
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
When you're simultaneously composing a presentation on Sunday night and procrastinating on social media. Now, what to put on the next slide, that's the conundrum.
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Very sadly one of the lovely farms I work with, across the Teign from my home, has got avian flu. Govt. compensation doesn't come close to addressing the real impacts of the destruction of their egg laying flock on this farming family, the community is fundraising to support them gofund.me/ee0a20af
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Donate to Fundraising for Orchard Organic Farm, organised by Ellie Mitchell
Orchard Organic Farm Beautiful Orchard Organic Farm is a remarkable place at t… Ellie Mitchell needs your support for Fundraising for Orchard Organic Farm
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Our CEO @suepritch.bsky.social on Farming Today this AM on how a #LandUseFramework works best as a process to enable better decisions – and that by bringing everyone to the table, we can expose both potential conflicts & missed opportunities when it comes to land use. From 0.20 in bit.ly/4gJnzHF
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Vicki Hird MSc FRES @vickihird.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
You have till 4 March to nominate your favourite invertebrate - for invertebrates of the year by @theguardian.com A superb initiative and so good it's not only insects 👌👍 Last year worms won 🐙🐚🪸🪼🦀🦞🦐🦑🐌🦋🐛🐝🪲🦗🕷️🕸️🪳🦂🪰🦟🪱 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Nominate your invertebrate species of the year
We’re asking readers from around the world to nominate their favourite spineless species for our second Invertebrate of the Year competition
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
UC Berkeley now manages 95% of its campus organically. "Students have the right to be informed of whether or not they are being exposed to cancer-causing chemicals on their campus, and campus gardeners should not have to worry about exposure to dangerous biocides." www.dailycal.org/opinion/op-e...
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Rewilding on Berkeley’s campus
The work that SAEJHE is doing on the Berkeley campus is just one part of a larger movement advocating for safe, organic land management and the restoration of green spaces.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Ultra-processed food From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 07/02/2025
In 2004, it took the world a year to add a gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day
A line graph depicting the average number of days it took to install a gigawatt of solar energy capacity worldwide from 2001 to 2023. The vertical axis represents the number of days on a logarithmic scale, spanning from 1 to 1000 days. The horizontal axis indicates the years from 2001 to 2023. 

In 2004, the average time was about 1 year, which is marked on the graph. A downward trend shows significant decreases in installation time over the years. By 2010, it took under 30 days, and by 2015, just over 7 days. The most notable point is in 2023, where it dropped to about 1 day on average for installation. 

The data source is attributed to IRENA (2024), with calculation by Our World in Data, and the chart is identified as CC BY, indicating it is licensed for sharing and adaptation with appropriate credit.
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Tomorrow morning Parliament will debate Proportional Representation. More than 11,600 of you have emailed your MPs asking them to attend and show their support. We reached every single MP in Great Britain. Let's make sure the case for equal votes gets heard in Westminster 💪
Over 11,600 email sent to MPs. Thank you!
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Stop Musk from funding far-right politics in the UK! I just signed this petition 'Tighten the rules on political donations' - it's nearly at 30,000 signatures - can you add your name too? - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Petition: Tighten the rules on political donations
We want the government to: Remove loopholes that allow wealthy foreign individuals to make donations into UK political parties (e.g. by funnelling through UK registered companies). Cap all donations ...
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Absolutely fascinating webinar from Tim Lang on food resilience (although he's not a fan of the term) courtesy of @afnnetwork.bsky.social very much recommend giving it your time www.agrifood4netzero.net/resources/ti...
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Tim Lang: Civil food resilience and UK preparedness for food system shocks - AFN Network+
Renowned food systems thinker and scholar, Prof Tim Lang, has spent the last two years researching the UK food system’s preparedness for shocks. In this webinar he draws on his soon-to-be-published re...
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Food system needs sorting - sorting food system requires sorting other social issues = complexity. Firmly believe that a democracy based on polarization, like our current voting system, isn't best suited to fixing complex problems. We need a voting system based on diversity and collaboration.
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Harriet Bell @blewinbell.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Seems an appropriate quote for today.
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