Finding the farmers of the future
Rural Britain is preparing to hand itself on to a smaller next generation, while failing to reckon with how profoundly the world around it is changing
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How farm clusters could challenge the conservation charities’ funding monopoly
Farmers would much prefer funding their own land stewardship through profits made selling food in a fair marketplace.
Releases, reintroductions and guerrilla rewilding: who decides what belongs in the countryside?
When is reintroduction the right conservation choice, and who gets to choose?
Home-kill and the madness of the ruling classes
Somewhere in this process, thinking has to change.
Why DEFRA hates Feargal Sharkey
Since water was privatised by Mrs Thatcher, there has never been any actual competition within the market.