Regenerative farming shift could reduce UK climate emissions, say experts
by Tom Levitt from Environment | The Guardian on (#5N6A0)
Organic farming methods, which use fewer pesticides and store more carbon in soil, are becoming more popular
There is growing momentum behind a shift to regenerative' agriculture in the UK, which can help to mitigate the climate crisis, say leading experts in the sector.
More and more people are seeing other farmers doing it [regenerative farming] and are happier for it," said John Cherry, who founded Groundswell, the UK's flagship event for regenerative agriculture, on his farm in Hertfordshire. People may be getting a higher yield with conventional approaches, but it is costing them more too with all the inputs, so they are not making more money."
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