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OFC 2024: 'Food production and nature recovery go hand in hand' - Farmers Weekly 10/01/2024, 10:21
     OFC 2024: ‘Food production and nature recovery go hand in hand’
Philip Clarke 08 January 2024
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Delegates attending the recent Oxford Farming Conference have rejected the idea that commercial farming in national parks and other protected landscapes is holding back nature recovery – the subject of the traditional Oxford Union debate on the Thursday evening (4 January).
Well-known environmentalist and chairman of the Conservative Environment Network, Ben Goldsmith, set out the arguments against “farming for food” in sensitive areas, with a scathing attack on sheep production.
See also: ORFC spreads message of hope for food and farming
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