An Ordinary Person’s Views on Living With Minimal Environmental Impact

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  1. Pig Business

    Written by Clare Topping on 1st Jul 2009.

    The much vaunted Pig Business was shown on More 4 last night. A thought provoking film showing the effects of the intensive pig rearing business on the entire community framework.

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  2. ‘Pests’ and pricing.

    Written by Clare Topping on 4th May 2009.

    If the cost of preventing crop and forest damage from ‘pests’ such as deer, pigeon and rabbits runs into hundreds of millions of pounds each year, then why can’t I buy them (pre-killed!) more cheaply at the butchers.

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  3. Connecting the landscape

    Written by James Whinfrey on 7th Jan 2009.

    The value of set-aside farm land is currently in debate due to the scrapping of two decade old farm subsidies. Are we just losing habitat, or is this an opportunity to do something far greater?

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