Rewilding the countryside

[Farm buy]

A recent article on the Mirroronline.
JANET STREET-PORTER: 'Rewilding' is a fad for Carrie's rich pals that will turn our green and pleasant land into a theme park wilderness covered in forests full of dangerous animals, windmills and hideous solar farms.

After reading the above article I feel a complete lack of education, understanding, an innocence and an airy fairy idea of thing the countryside should be. While private people are entitled to do what they like with private property, there needs to be a policy on food production also.
The world keeps eating food every day and rewilding wont feed them. There is very little food left over everyday in general.
There is no emphasis on food production or at least it is well down the line of any public discussion or forum. The only items for discussion are emissions emissions emissions, carbon, co2 and efforts to impede farming in general.
How can the very thing that is a necessary fuel for the world daily get to be so irrelevant.
The world is continuing as if food will always be there no matter what ,

 

[Jeremy13]

One day somebody might work out and publicise the emissions, carbon, co2 etc from importing food. And compare it with that from the area of land needed to produce it here. Also food crops and pasture sequester carbon (pasture as much as trees?) and from the number of pests we have on our crops also enhance biodiversity. Perhaps Russia, China or France will help us and cut off our food import supply lines.

 

[delilah]

One day somebody might work out and publicise the emissions, carbon, co2 etc from importing food

They did. 20 years ago. The problem was, and still is, because the work was done by people who work in the environment sector it was, and still is, dismissed by farmers. Because farmers have always believed, and still do believe, that the environment sector is the enemy and global corporations are their ally. Because farmers are muppets.

 

[Jeremy13]

On the contrary, the report's findings have been dismissed by government and they are the muppets. The conclusion precisely confirms my point:
QUOTE:
This report has shown that food distribution is now a significant contributor to climate change. Climate change
is predicted to affect food production across the globe. To reduce the threat of reduced yields or even crop failure,
the significant carbon dioxide emissions associated with food distribution must be reduced by minimising the
distance between producer and consumer. The greenhouse gas emissions associated with international trade
must be accounted for so that they can be included in reduction targets. Airfreight, which has particularly
damaging environmental effects, should be phased out altogether. Taxing aviation fuel would be a start.
We also cannot ignore the other, significant problems associated with the long distance transport of food. Other
pollutants from the transport system, spread of disease, poor animal welfare, and reduced nutritional quality
are all significant.
UNQUOTE:
The envrinment sector could help by working with farmers instead of against them and by agreeing on the need to produce more food here in the UK rather than importing it.

 

[Homesy]

In the Daily Mail as well

'Rewilding is a trendy fad being pushed by toffs and Carrie's pals'

JANET STREET-PORTER: The influence of the rewilding movement is growing stronger by the day and it has fans at the highest level of government.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Martin Holden]

As always the biggest challenge UK Ag’ had is to explain and illustrate how farmers do in many cases assist the up keep of the countryside. When those that dislike contemporary farming they always hone in on the massive arable estates and huge dairy units. Now we all know they exist but in the uplands areas and moors proper management by grazing does a really important conservation job. The press and media find an easy target and then hone in on it so big farms lots of wide open fields is easy to attack. The concept of increased environmental farming and “cheap food” don’t mix. Then we are told that we can import our food but at what cost to the environment in transportation and how’s that food produced. Not enough “joined up” thinking going on as it’s not PC I guess. When will common sense “get up and come to the surface”?

 

[delilah]

On the contrary, the report's findings have been dismissed by government and they are the muppets. The conclusion precisely confirms my point:
QUOTE:
This report has shown that food distribution is now a significant contributor to climate change. Climate change
is predicted to affect food production across the globe. To reduce the threat of reduced yields or even crop failure,
the significant carbon dioxide emissions associated with food distribution must be reduced by minimising the
distance between producer and consumer. The greenhouse gas emissions associated with international trade
must be accounted for so that they can be included in reduction targets. Airfreight, which has particularly
damaging environmental effects, should be phased out altogether. Taxing aviation fuel would be a start.
We also cannot ignore the other, significant problems associated with the long distance transport of food. Other
pollutants from the transport system, spread of disease, poor animal welfare, and reduced nutritional quality
are all significant.
UNQUOTE:
The envrinment sector could help by working with farmers instead of against them and by agreeing on the need to produce more food here in the UK rather than importing it.

OK. So the environmental movement produces a report that highlights the environmental benefits of home produced food. UK ag studiously ignores it, never mind supports it. And then 20 years later it is the environmental movements fault that Government didn't listen. Got it.

 

[Farm buy]

A recent article on the Mirroronline.
JANET STREET-PORTER: 'Rewilding' is a fad for Carrie's rich pals that will turn our green and pleasant land into a theme park wilderness covered in forests full of dangerous animals, windmills and hideous solar farms.

After reading the above article I feel a complete lack of education, understanding, an innocence and an airy fairy idea of thing the countryside should be. While private people are entitled to do what they like with private property, there needs to be a policy on food production also.
The world keeps eating food every day and rewilding wont feed them. There is very little food left over everyday in general.
There is no emphasis on food production or at least it is well down the line of any public discussion or forum. The only items for discussion are emissions emissions emissions, carbon, co2 and efforts to impede farming in general.
How can the very thing that is a necessary fuel for the world daily get to be so irrelevant.
The world is continuing as if food will always be there no matter what ,

 

[Farm buy]

New report gives red meat a clean bill of health

RED MEAT has been the victim of 'information terrorism', unfairly and dishonestly condemned as a threat to human health.

www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk

A great article on 18th Dec, The Scottish Farmers.
We as a community are being denigrated and the consistent negative propaganda that is used to display us as a world evil rather than being the heart of life in what we do.
Information terrisiom is as racist an act as any other form of racism

 

[Muck Spreader]

Must admit that think this is great idea from QMS. It should be funded and pushed across the whole of the UK by the various national meat/butchery bodies.

https://www.qmscotland.co.uk/news/q...another-helping-meat-vouchers-school-children

 

[Farm buy]

Must admit that think this is great idea from QMS. It should be funded and pushed across the whole of the UK by the various national meat/butchery bodies.

https://www.qmscotland.co.uk/news/q...another-helping-meat-vouchers-school-children

Full agree @Muck Spreader , We have a great healthy product leaving the farm. We need alot more positive action on social media and other similar outlets

 

[le bon paysan]

Government disagree with report.

Farmers to have £1.8 billion pre-Brexit cash removed amid warning many will go bust

Farmers in England will have their direct payments, worth £1.8 billion through the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, completely taken away.

www.thelondoneconomic.com