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Letter: In support of the shift from livestock to trees (2)

Published 5 January 2022

From Paul Vann, Kingsbridge, Devon, UK

The article on swapping livestock production for growing trees included a response from the UK’s National Farmers’ Union that wasn’t exactly a ringing endorsement.

This suggests to me that Brown is definitely right, though I would question whether we need a pilot. Let’s just do it at scale. We are, after all, in a climate emergency.

Issue no. 3368 published 8 January 2022

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