With my rural background, including my upbringing on a farm and work as an environmental/agricultural reporter and broadcaster, I am keen to ensure that rural areas receive equal standing alongside their urban counterparts. 

Read about some campaigns I've been working on, in this area, below:

• The Importance of Our Soil
• Microbeads
• Our Environment
• Backing Our Bees
• Flooding
• Plastics
• Veteran Trees
• 25 Year Plan
• Recycling at Christmas
• Greener market mechanisms could transform the quality of new homes

You can also read about my views on more specific subjects below:

• Protecting Our Environmental Laws
• The Green Investment Bank
• Food Waste
• Solar & the Feed-In-Tariffs
• Neonicotinoid Pesticides and Bees