The coming revolution in subsidies is driving interest that could help the climate and biodiversity"My farming friends think I'm nuts - I can't remember when that hedge was cut last," says Richard Thomas. Cutting is usually an annual event, but the bushy, 3-metre-wide hedgerow is now home to yellowhammers, his favourite birds.Thomas has laid about a kilometre of hedgerows in the past few years on his 250-hectare (617-acre) cattle and sheep farm in Herefordshire, where his family have farmed since 1893. But he would like to do more and hopes the fast-approaching revolution in the government's use of the ?3bn a year in farming subsidies is going to help. Continue reading...
'Why not start now?' On the track to regenerative farming
17. září 2021 8:30
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/17/why-not-start-now-on-the-track-to-regenerative-farming
Zdroj: The Guardian