Text: "It is a secure and sustainable plant-based food system globally that will deliver and stave off the worst-case scenarios of climate breakdown and in so doing support farmers to transition to a realistic, sustainable food future.
It is estimated that more than 70% of farmland can be taken out of production and rewilded to allow depleted soils to recover, while still providing enough wholefoods for the growing British population. Rivers and seas will become cleaner, as will our atmosphere. Wild animals and insects will return and flourish as the industrial scale of animal farming and super-trawler fishing die off like fossil fuels – stranded assets."
Two people are pictured tending plant crops on a small holding.
Text includes heading "Cooperative ways forward"
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"A secure and sustainable plant-based global food system will deliver and stave off the worst-case scenarios of climate breakdown, writes Jan Goodey"
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This Resurgence Magazine article may interest #RadicalRoutes & #NottmGreenFest, as well as "Vegans Support the Farmers", an #AnimalRising offshoot
"Jan Goodey considers the future of #farming and the role that a secure and sustainable plant-based global food […]
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