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Where does a predominantly grassland farm fit in with carbon credits
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<blockquote data-quote="Ffermer Bach" data-source="post: 7652091" data-attributes="member: 51054"><p>I hate to admit it, but from a sustainability point of view, there is a very good argument for importing a lot of our food, but from the food security view, there is a political imperative to keep a production capacity here in the UK, so if the wheels fall off the food production system (for example who would ever have thought Covid could happen as it has?) we can still feed ourselves. I think the big problem we have is, the difference between being sustainable or not is so subtle and complicated, organic and little cultivation, probably sustainable, non organic and direct drilling probably sustainable, organic or conventional and lots of ploughing more questionable, chickens good feed converters, but where does that feed come from? British milk uses far less Soya than European milk (as we grow such good grass) so we should not be importing milk products, the hills don't produce that much food, but they sequest lots of Carbon (unless grazing is really reduced as environmentalist want, without thinking of fire dangers too), so all very difficult and I think our politicians and civil service are completely out of their depth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ffermer Bach, post: 7652091, member: 51054"] I hate to admit it, but from a sustainability point of view, there is a very good argument for importing a lot of our food, but from the food security view, there is a political imperative to keep a production capacity here in the UK, so if the wheels fall off the food production system (for example who would ever have thought Covid could happen as it has?) we can still feed ourselves. I think the big problem we have is, the difference between being sustainable or not is so subtle and complicated, organic and little cultivation, probably sustainable, non organic and direct drilling probably sustainable, organic or conventional and lots of ploughing more questionable, chickens good feed converters, but where does that feed come from? British milk uses far less Soya than European milk (as we grow such good grass) so we should not be importing milk products, the hills don't produce that much food, but they sequest lots of Carbon (unless grazing is really reduced as environmentalist want, without thinking of fire dangers too), so all very difficult and I think our politicians and civil service are completely out of their depth. [/QUOTE]
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