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Food and Farming at the Forefront of Labour’s Missions for Change – September 2024

Sustainable Food Trust

xvi] Regenerative agriculture is key to flood resilience and prevention of the decimation of crop yields. xviii] For example, Clifton Ings and Rawcliffe Meadows are a crucial part of the City of York’s flood defences. xxxiii] This is largely due to ammonia emissions from heavy fertiliser use and intensive livestock farming.

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Changing How We Farm Might Protect Wild Mammals—and Fight Climate Change

Civil Eats

But the crop-free plantings have had another effect, Farquhar explained. Strips of trees, bushes, grasses, or flowers around agricultural or pasture fields can house higher numbers of small mammals than cropland. They have also increased the number of mammals on the farm. Even Farquhar feels some frustration.

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