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OFC 2024: 'Food production and nature recovery go hand in hand' - Farmers Weekly 10/01/2024, 10:21
Oxfordshire farmer Tom Allen-Stevens blamed the “wolf in the countryside” for nature decline, namely multiple retailers that had driven down prices and standards to the detriment of the environment.
Farmers were “complicit, but not culprits”, he said.
A vote at the end of the debate saw 272 delegates reject the motion “farming for food is holding back nature recovery in protected landscapes”, compared with 109 who agreed with the statement.
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