Brexit allows us to have a national debate about healthy farming | Catherine Broomfield

We all have a vested interest in how we balance the need for food with preserving the natural world. It's too important to leave to farmers onlyEven for those who do not share the Brexiteers' lust for life unshackled from Europe, there is, as with any divorce, something enticing; a frisson of illicit excitement in the prospect of once again being single.Reasons for the breakup are many, but the common agricultural policy must be near the top of the list. For 40 years Britain has been subject to its perversities, inefficiencies and unintended consequences, creating bafflement, distrust and a generally dysfunctional relationship between farmers and the public. If there is a prize to be garnered from Brexit, it is in resetting this relationship, so fundamental to the health and wellbeing of people and planet. Continue reading...