Farming matters: Hefin Jones - 'There needs to be a balanced approach to tree planting'

In the summer of 2003, as I concluded my studies at Swansea University, little did I imagine that almost two decades later the work of one of the Welsh poets we studied would again haunt with a renewed sense of poignancy.

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Farming matters: Hefin Jones - 'There needs to be a balanced approach to tree planting'

In the summer of 2003, as I concluded my studies at Swansea University, little did I imagine that almost two decades later the work of one of the Welsh poets we studied would again haunt with a renewed...

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