Contents Comment


4 General secretary Sharon Graham’s view


5 National officer Bev Clarkson writes


News & regulars


5 Top stories Latest Landworker stories


32 Stay safe Mental health – don’t stay silent


34 Rural life Where rural workers are rural life


36 International Landworker Support International Peasants’ Day


37 Gardenwise Spring has sprung – lots to do!


38 On the shelf Review of Mi Papá es un Agrícola


38 7 10 14 16 22


Features 16 Doing it for ourselves


24 No one is an island Services matter in the Hebrides


26 Rural rebels at heart Unite’s rural activists lead the way


29 Wassailing in Whimple Celebrating the apple Devon-style


30 ‘Farting and burping’ with Bob Flowerdew Gardening legend talks to Landworker


Campaigns


10 Can’t see the trees or the wood … Funding fears threaten jobs’ growth


12 Invest in UK food call Govt must commit to agri workers


14 Women making the changes Workplaces need more women reps


18 ‘A hollow mockery’ Morecambe Bay tragedy 20 years on


22 Has UK farming gone to wrack and ruin?


Dr Charlie Clutterbuck investigates


26 Why women members need women reps


20 Rural rebellion Tolpuddle Martyrs’ arrest 190 years on


29 30 Front cover pic: by Mark Thomas


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