To kill a mockingbird....

A few weeks ago, I went to see To Kill a Mockingbird at the theatre in Cardiff. Set in 1934 Alabama, Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize–winning story was brought to life through an incredible performance and a powerful adaptation of the book.

One of the lines that stayed with me was: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb inside his skin and walk around in it.” It raises an important question: How do we truly empathise with another person? How do we broaden our perspective—our range of perspectives—and see an issue through someone else’s eyes? How do we connect deeply enough to understand what it means to walk in another person’s shoes?

The answer begins with a simple commitment: we need to invest in others. Invest our time, our energies and our care.

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NFU Tenants Conference

It was really interesting to go to the NFU Tenants Conference last week and here a presentation by Alan Laidlaw, the Commissioner for the Tenant Farming Sector . In England, 45% of holdings are either wholly tenanted or mixed tenure, and a third of all agricultural land in England is tenanted. This leadership role has a wide remit and significant potential for positive outcomes and impacts. This role will require courageous leadership the subject of a previous post on this blog.

Vice-chair of the East Malling Trust

Really pleased to have been elected as joint Vice-Chair of the East Malling Trust and looking forward to getting involved in the trust's activities.

NFU Council

Last week I spent two days at the NFU Council representing the farmers from Herefordshire. If you would like to see a summary of what we talked about - check out the video here.

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