Thread: Radical rethink' needed on food
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Old 12-08-2009, 19:31   #17
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Re: Radical rethink' needed on food
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Originally Posted by Mick Fisher View Post
Many years ago, I seem to remember a proclamation that for the first time The British Isles was self sufficient in the production of food. Whatever happened to that? I heard of farmers being paid to leave land fallow?
Would need a major change in the way that land is used. At the moment the choice of crops to grow seems to be based on whatever gets the best EU subsidy rather than what people actually want to eat.
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