Farmers need help to adapt to climate crisis | Letter

Food and farming campaigners urge politicians to support the forthcoming climate and nature billWith the environment secretary having recently announced plans for a “new deal for farmers” (Report, 8 January), he must also pay close attention to the relationship between climate change and food security. Some 70% of land across the UK is farmed, and together with forestry and fishing, our industries employ 300,000 people.Any “new deal” must see ministers introduce meas