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Nick passionately believes in rural communities and has devoted much of his working life to defending them.
Agriculture has not only helped define the distinctive nature of our Downland communities and our natural landscape but, along with horticulture, continues to make a valuable contribution to the local economy.
At a time when farm incomes have dropped by over 10 per cent in the last year alone and when dairy farmers continue to struggle as a result of low farm gate prices for their milk, the situation has not been helped by a Government which does not understand or care for rural communities.
Nick is extremely supportive of local Farmers’ Markets which not only provide farmers with valuable income but also give people access to high quality and locally produced produce. The sale of locally produced food at local markets reduces the distance which the food has travelled before it reaches the consumer, thereby reducing its impact on the environment.
Local Shops
24 April 2008
MP “extremely disappointed” by landfill decision
9 April 2008
Waste Summit
13 March 2008
Nick Herbert calls for Bluetongue vaccine after local cattle are infected
11 February 2008
Amberley
31 January 2008
MP denounces post office closures
29 January 2008
Nick Herbert: post offices are an important public service and must remain open
20 December 2007
Nick Herbert: local farmers facing “double whammy” of Foot and Mouth and Bluetongue
23 November 2007
Foot and Mouth Disease
22 November 2007
Fight to save post offices
13 November 2007
Flooding in West Sussex
23 August 2007
Nick Herbert: foot and mouth outbreak is “another body blow for British farmers”
7 August 2007
Concern over Post Offices and Noisy Motorbikes
16 July 2007
Campaign to protect Countryside 'asset'
16 July 2007
Campaign to Protect Rural England
12 July 2007
New rural taxes would “damage the rural economy”
25 April 2007
MPs press Government to secure future of rural post offices
16 March 2007
Nick Herbert MP backs Sustainable Communities Bill
23 January 2007
MP calls for "sustainable communities"
19 January 2007
Farmers' Markets
21 December 2006
MP speaks out against post office closures
15 December 2006
Post Offices
19 October 2006
MP vows to defend rural communities
6 June 2005