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L - R: Guy Opperman MP, Hans Pörksen
and Sir Don Curry
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The NFU’s petition to get British wool to the London Olympics in two years’ time got off to a flying start yesterday (31 May 2010) at the Northumberland County Show when just 23 short of 1000 people added their names.
Among them were the new MP for Hexham, Guy Opperman and Sir Don Curry – long-standing government adviser on sustainable food and farming and chairman of the Better Regulation Executive.
They are pictured with NFU North East livestock board chairman and Morpeth farmer Hans Pörksen, who said after the show that he was delighted with people’s response to what is a national campaign to revive the fortunes of wool.
He said: “With the wool price being so low in recent years that farmers have not even been able to cover the cost of shearing, it is essential we do everything possible to highlight the unique properties of such a versatile, natural and sustainable resource.
“As part of that, we believe it is vital to achieve a showcase for wool at the Olympics and felt before we launched our petition that the public would be behind us. The level of support we received yesterday is truly gratifying and I would like to thank everyone who took a few minutes out of their day to take part.
“Northumberland has certainly got us off the starting blocks in style as we gear up to take the petition from agricultural shows to city centres throughout the summer.”
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