Opinion - Wicked Leeks

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Sparing or sharing the land?

There is a rational argument that concentrating farming on fewer, more intensively farmed acres releases the rest of the land for rewilding and carbon sequestration.

News from the farm

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Searching for the next generation of farmers

News from the farm

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Defending against climate change from the ground up

Climate change News from the farm

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Laying hedges for the future

Like the extinction of wildlife, skills which have helped people to sympathetically manage our landscape for centuries will be lost if they are not encouraged.

Agroecology Regenerative farming Environment and ethics Farming

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The silence of the supermarkets

Riverford's petition urging the Government to curb supermarkets’ unfair treatment of farmers already has over 74,000 signatures. Despite this, the campaign has been met with a stony silence from supermarkets.

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A short pause before a new beginning

As the nights draw in, we are winding down into a brief hibernation, but fear not, we have big plans for the new year with a new editor at the helm.

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Waiting for my wave

Sat on my surfboard off Devon’s most southerly beach, I am struck by how much the use of the land above the cliffs has changed since my first visits here as a child.