Environmental policy and food production must go hand in hand

10,000 football pitches worth of flower habitat, creating homes for wildlife, have been plantedFarming and the environment must go hand-in-hand and producing quality, home-grown food is critical to the future of the country, say’s the NFU.
It follows publication this morning of the Government’s 25 year Environment Plan. Theresa May revealed details of the long-awaited and wide-ranging 150-page strategy during a keynote speech in south-west London.
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