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Regenerative Agriculture and Direct Drilling
Holistic Farming
The British countryside is being killed by herbicides and insecticides!
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<blockquote data-quote="matt@skylark" data-source="post: 5210658" data-attributes="member: 71840"><p>I think it's very narrow minded to blame "farmers" for the decline. Farmers are simply providing food to feed the world population which as we all know is predicted to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. There is a requirement not only for food but for "cheap" food dictated by the supermarkets and processors, which in order for growers to remain in business requires a reliance on inputs eg: agchems, artificial fertilizers etc. The third element is the global market we are now part of where "cheap" food is flooding our shores from countries with lower environmental, sustainability and welfare standards. Finally the majority of farmers I know are true custodians of the countryside who take great pride in having a rich bio-diversity on their farms. If we are to halt the decline, the starting place is with the 65 million UK consumers as their pricing and provenance expectations dictate the way in which the British countryside will be managed in future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="matt@skylark, post: 5210658, member: 71840"] I think it's very narrow minded to blame "farmers" for the decline. Farmers are simply providing food to feed the world population which as we all know is predicted to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. There is a requirement not only for food but for "cheap" food dictated by the supermarkets and processors, which in order for growers to remain in business requires a reliance on inputs eg: agchems, artificial fertilizers etc. The third element is the global market we are now part of where "cheap" food is flooding our shores from countries with lower environmental, sustainability and welfare standards. Finally the majority of farmers I know are true custodians of the countryside who take great pride in having a rich bio-diversity on their farms. If we are to halt the decline, the starting place is with the 65 million UK consumers as their pricing and provenance expectations dictate the way in which the British countryside will be managed in future. [/QUOTE]
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