Tenth of English Farmland Needs to Be ‘Rewilded’ for Green Agenda, Says Gov’t Report

[livingston]

Tenth of English Farmland Needs to Be ‘Rewilded’ for Green Agenda, Says Gov’t Report​

British government estimates have claimed that nearly a tenth of all English farmland will need to be ‘rewilded’ by 2050 to hit green agenda targets.

Projections in the government’s “land use framework” said that approximately 760,000 hectares, or around nine per cent of agricultural land in England, will need to “change away from agricultural land for environmental and climate benefits,” the Financial Times reports.
The government report said that to meet climate goals, an additional nine per cent of agricultural land would need to adopt so-called ‘sustainable’ farming practices.
The move could see the UK become even more reliant on foreign imports to meet its food supply needs, with the country already importing around 40 per cent of its food.

Tenth of England Farms Need to Be 'Rewilded' for Green Agenda: Gov't Report

British government estimates have claimed that nearly a tenth of all English farmland will need to be 'rewilded' to hit green targets.

www.breitbart.com

 

[FP1201]

"If we don't stop agriculture we're going to starve to death."

 

[livingston]

Farmers have also expressed outrage over the left-wing Labour government’s plans to remove the inheritance tax exemption from many farms. Under the scheme, farms valued at at least £1 million (£2 million for married couples) will face a 20 per cent inheritance tax by 2026.
As many farmers operate on a thin profit margin, many have warned that the tax raid will force families to sell off parts of their land just to pay the tax when their parents die. This has led to large-scale protests throughout the country in recent months.

 

[Bigfoot]

climate hoax

 

[tirwin1]

England is doomed. Sad to see it go but the government has a death wish and the people are too cowed to do anything about it.

 

[spat]

Farmers have also expressed outrage over the left-wing Labour government’s plans to remove the inheritance tax exemption from many farms. Under the scheme, farms valued at at least £1 million (£2 million for married couples) will face a 20 per cent inheritance tax by 2026.
As many farmers operate on a thin profit margin, many have warned that the tax raid will force families to sell off parts of their land just to pay the tax when their parents die. This has led to large-scale protests throughout the country in recent months.

It's a tax on family owned farms that completely exempts corporate farms.

I'm not sure what the differences in the UK are, but they certainly have corporations too.

Those farmers would be wise to transfer that land to a corporation before they die.

 

[Bustedknees]

Bring back Robin Hoods Sherwood forest.

 

[Saltwater60]

I think they should reduce the size of the government by twice their recommended farmland reduction. 40% of their food is already imported and that’s dangerous. All that’s needed is for them to lose control of a port or two and their citizens starve.

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

Wonder how many "hectares" of royal lands are going to be used to achieve this goal?

 

[northny]

rewilding 9% of farmland is a zero sum gain action which only moves the point source out of England, and will have no impact on the climate

now if you want to impress me reduce the food consumption in England by 9% while rewilding 9% of the farmland, then you might move the needle

 

[turbobike]

Watch "Clarkson's Farm" and how much English government BS they deal with just doing everyday Farming chores...England is gone, Canada not far behind..

 

[Deplorable Me]

And in the US they're trashing prime agricultural land to put up solar fields.

 

[spat]

And in the US they're trashing prime agricultural land to put up solar fields.

While we have hundreds of square miles of pavement uncovered.


Tucson does it right. Half the parking lots have solar on them.

OfC before solar, they had tin roofs for shade, so it was an easy conversion.]]

 

[Deplorable Me]

While we have hundreds of square miles of pavement uncovered.


Tucson does it right. Half the parking lots have solar on them.

OfC before solar, they had tin roofs for shade, so it was an easy conversion.]]

NY is not that smart.

 

[jimc]

So fields for grazing and fields full of plants people can eat are no longer green? Are we down to needed specific plant species to make them green?

 

[Saltwater60]

rewilding 9% of farmland is a zero sum gain action which only moves the point source out of England, and will have no impact on the climate

now if you want to impress me reduce the food consumption in England by 9% while rewilding 9% of the farmland, then you might move the needle

It’s all about optics for them and appeasing their commies. Obama did the same thing with the coal crap here. All the coal went to china to be burned and have them an advantage, was burned dirtier there than here and fuels were used to get the coal to china. That was a net loss not a zero sum game. I can assure you whatever place is picking up the slack is farming dirtier than the UK is.
When I was in France a few years back I loved their little farms. All farms were 10-30 acres that I saw and were all partitioned off with hedge rows. Hedge rows were permanent and are good for many reasons. Food tastes like food there. You went and bought all fruits and veggies directly from farmers at a market with the exception of a few staples. Grocery stores had apples, potatoes, bananas and a few tropical fruits. I had the best carrots of my life there.