GLOBAL Warming, a pandemic of fertiliser prices and environmental schemes, and now, war!
All of the above factors will put pressure on food production and availability on the global market.
We are only concerned about tree planting and rewilding.
NEWS:
The world will require food faster than we need trees in this country.
The temperature of the continent’s land masses will increase in summer and decrease in winter, which means less food production.
We have a maritime climate that is both protected from the winter cold and summer heat.
We can grow food! It is morally irresponsible not to grow food.
One third of the world’s population is hungry. Who is to say that we shouldn’t grow and produce as much food?
Maintain hedges and fields margins and plant trees in corners. However, trees should not be planted on land that is perfectly capable of producing crops and livestock.
It used to be possible for cheap food to be imported from all parts of the globe.
China is looking for resources all over the globe, including food. We will never have enough food again. We need to act quickly to reorganise food and farming policies before supermarket shelves are empty or become too thin.
Unfortunately, many world leaders don’t care about global warming or the carbon footprint. We must be more self-sufficient in food as well as other goods to reduce dependence on those whose agendas are more sinister.
We need a minister dedicated to providing a safe, secure, home-grown, sustainable and well-thought-out supply chain for food that is as independent of the government.
Imports as much as possible
To solve the problem of sugar beet shortage, you could open another Kidderminster-based beet plant.
We are currently facing an abyss unlike any since the Cuban missile crises in the early 1960s.
We need to immediately rethink our food and farming policies and get ready for production, as wheat is now at 280/tonne and rising.
While the environment can be managed, food production must take precedence.
RICHARD HYDE
Hereford Market Director
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