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'Farming is going to have to change': NFU President Minette Batters on net zero, changing diets, and Brexit

Business Green

Climate change is the challenge of our time, and I see us as a solution. "I I think farming is going to have to change, and people will either embrace that change - and they need to - or resist it," she tells BusinessGreen in early March , just before the coronavirus lockdown was imposed.

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

GreenBiz

Based on their findings, they might recommend chemical inputs or physical measures farmers can take such as adding tiles to the field to help with drainage, planting cover crops or adding a new crop to rotation to reduce depletion of certain nutrients from the soil to improve its resiliency. . percent year over year.

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Can animal-based agriculture ever be truly sustainable?

Business Green

A major new report from the Environmental Defense Fund asks some challenging questions about the limited progress the agricultural sector has made in tackling its out-sized climate and biodiversity impacts - and offers some invaluable guidance on how up its sustainability efforts.

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

AGreenLiving

Based on their findings, they might recommend chemical inputs or physical measures farmers can take such as adding tiles to the field to help with drainage, planting cover crops or adding a new crop to rotation to reduce depletion of certain nutrients from the soil to improve its resiliency. percent year over year.

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