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Tuesday 2 May 2017

Brexit: and backing British farming

There are all sorts of possibilities and other models for post-Brexit farming in the UK:
Futures Forum: Brexit: and learning lessons from New Zealand

Most of Devon's landscape has to look to small-scale models:
Futures Forum: Brexit: and the small-scale farmer

However, the future might have to include competing with large-scale farming:
Futures Forum: Brexit: and completing with industrial agriculture

And that would include more expensive EU produce:
Futures Forum: Brexit: and free trade in lettuce

And cheaper American produce:
Futures Forum: Brexit: and importing beef from cattle implanted with growth hormones, chlorine-washed chicken, and unlabelled genetically modified (GM) foods.

The NFU has been trying to find a way forward:
Futures Forum: Brexit: and Back British Farming Day >>> with the NFU's post-Brexit pledge

This is its latest package of proposals:

Back British Farming Brexit and Beyond: The NFU 2017 Manifesto











































Back British Farming Brexit and Beyond: The NFU 2017 Manifesto
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