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In the past year, the prices we pay to growers have risen more than in any previous year, most significantly because of rising pay for workers in the fields - long overdue and wholeheartedly welcomed.
Farmers are starting to produce ‘soy-free’ chicken and pork as the world wakes up to the link between deforestation, soy and animal feed.
The first details around how farmers will be paid post-Brexit focus on soil protection and the first specific reference to the benefits of organic farming.
At the very least we should be protecting the smaller fields and boundaries like hedges that do still exist, and rewarding farmers for nature-friendly farming, such as those who apply organic approaches.
One may scoff at the ignorance of our animist ancestors’ beliefs, but, for all our modern enlightenment, invention, and knowledge, we have lost much of the collective wisdom needed to maintain life and spirit in the land.
Issue 12: Fairness and five years.
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