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This is being presented as a black and white choice between trees or food, but that’s simply not the case.
Why are farmers blocking motorways, markets, and depots across Europe? For the most part, the answer is money – with a complex emotional backdrop.
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.
Issue 12: Fairness and five years.
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