Farmers are angry that Michael Gove’s consultation on the future of farming barely mentioned food JOHN LINTON/PAThe leader of Britain’s farmers ridiculed Michael Gove over the title of his consultation paper on the future of farming, suggesting that it was named after an Essex beauty salon. Minette Batters added that the cabinet minister had barely mentioned food in his Health and Harmony even though “we are farmers and that’s what we do”. She told the Hay festival: “That was a glaring oversight and he has said publicly now that it was a mistake and he should have mentioned food a lot more. “Apparently he did design the title himself, I did point out to him that it is a beauty salon in Essex. If you google ‘health and harmony’ it comes up as a beauty salon.”Ms Batters was elected as…

Source: The Times May 25, 2018 15:56 UTC