Without action, UK is heading into food production crisis

Farmers Guardian and scores of others across the agriculture sector have long argued that the greening of support payments poses an inherent threat to food security in this country. 

Ben Briggs
Ben Briggs is the group publisher and editor in chief of Agriconnect, overseeing the media business and titles such as Farmers Guardian, Dairy Farmer and Arable Farming.
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Without action, UK is heading into food production crisis

Farmers Guardianand scores of others across the agriculture sector have long argued that the greening of support payments poses an inherent threat to food security in this country. That the Public Accounts...

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