Farmers must take control of the climate change debate

Farmers will have to adapt their businesses to meet climate change targets, but what does that mean for food production? Ewan Pate speaks to former NFU Scotland president and co-chairman of the Farming for 1.5 degrees project, Nigel Miller, to find out.

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Farmers must take control of the climate change debate

Farmers will have to adapt their businesses to meet climate change targets, but what does that mean for food production? Ewan Pate speaks to former NFU Scotland president and co-chairman of the Farming...

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