Rewilding horse pastures?

Tim G

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Livestock Farmer
We have a vegetarian couple who come for milk. They remind us they are vegetarian at any and every possible opportunity. They spent ages telling me about a rewilding project they had read about in the paper, how fantastic it was and how they would love the countryside around here to be completely rewilded. They asked if I'd consider doing it here, so I asked if they would consider changing their diet from vegetarian to eating mainly meat. They didn't understand so I pointed out that the only food to be produced on these rewilded farms is meat. You don't see any carrot fields being rewilded. If that's the system they wanted then that's the system they would have to support. They've never mentioned it again.
 
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ladycrofter

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Livestock Farmer
Location
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Quote in the paper this morning (NFU Batters) "food is viewed as an unfortunate by-product of delivering for the environment".

Farmers are such an easy target, every move we make is documented, every inch of land we manage is controlled and scutinised; so it's easy to find us, control us, tell us what to do, and then tick a box. As far as I know there is no register of horse pastures 😡.
 

Bury the Trash

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Mixed Farmer
elms or rewilding whatever or like something more 'viable' than 'fiddling with expensively with little tackle burning petrol :unsure: maybe need to ask an agent ?:oops::rolleyes:
 
Why is this never discussed? Why is it always farming land that has to be re-wilded?

Is it because a lot of the people who support re-wilding also like horse riding. Surely a hobby shouldn't carry more weight than feeding a nation?
For the same reason the Carbon Footprint of horses or dogs isn't ever questioned.
Thousands of acres are used around here to supply horses with feed, yet it's cattle that are killing the planet.

Breeding more pets and horses while thousands are destroyed is utter madness.
 

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