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Over my lifetime, those solid, well-built stone and slate buildings have progressively fallen into disrepair, or been converted into houses.
Drought and dropping water levels in Spain hit stonefruit and mangoes and spark calls for a plan for food in face of climate change.
Some crops will need to move north; others will need to be grown under the protection of polytunnels and glass, reducing water usage and giving better control of weather risks.
A group of MPs has published a damning review of the government’s lack of planning for the future of the UK’s food supply, and how it will manage higher costs, shocks to international trade and rising food poverty.
Most of the crops have been planted into ‘stale seedbeds’: an ancient technique that creates beds with a loose, fine top layer of soil.
Issue 12: Fairness and five years.
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