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The path to sustainability is being laid by patient, detail-focused engineers, scientists, and statisticians with little interest in marketing and politics.
The more I learnt about the soil’s complex, interrelated biology, physics, and chemistry, the more I despaired of ever understanding it.
The arrival of cheap, effective herbicides, paired with concerns about the environmental impact of such violent soil disturbance, has led to questioning of the once-noble art of ploughing.
Picking is challenging work, especially in very wet or cold weather. I admire our stoic fieldworkers as they head out, day after day, often staying remarkably cheerful.
While it was great to hear unanimous and cross-party support for all aspects of our petition in the parliamentary debate, there is still some way to go to achieve real fairness for farmers.
Issue 12: Fairness and five years.
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