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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/01/31/tenth-of-farmland-to-be-axed-for-net-zero-steve-reed/
More than 10 per cent of farmland in England is set to be diverted towards helping to achieve net zero and protecting wildlife by 2050, the Environment Secretary will reveal on Friday.
Swathes of the countryside are on course to be switched to solar farms, tree planting and improving habitats for birds, insects and fish.
The move is part of a consultation being launched by Steve Reed, the Environment Secretary, on how the competing priorities of food production, net zero and nature should be reconciled in England. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs estimates that 9 per cent of farmland would need to be removed from food production by 2050 to meet green targets, The Telegraph understands. A further 5 per cent is expected to be mostly taken out of production owing to a decreased level of food output, and another 4 per cent will share space with trees.
https://archive.ph/EFkRh
More than 10 per cent of farmland in England is set to be diverted towards helping to achieve net zero and protecting wildlife by 2050, the Environment Secretary will reveal on Friday.
Swathes of the countryside are on course to be switched to solar farms, tree planting and improving habitats for birds, insects and fish.
The move is part of a consultation being launched by Steve Reed, the Environment Secretary, on how the competing priorities of food production, net zero and nature should be reconciled in England. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs estimates that 9 per cent of farmland would need to be removed from food production by 2050 to meet green targets, The Telegraph understands. A further 5 per cent is expected to be mostly taken out of production owing to a decreased level of food output, and another 4 per cent will share space with trees.
https://archive.ph/EFkRh