Why rewilding needs an ‘ag’ in it

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The empty-glen imagery of rewilding is bad for farming and nature alike. Restoring Britain’s uplands means bringing farmers back in, not fencing them out, says Jamie Jack, member of UK Youth Food and Farming Forum

Is the future of farming, food and retail wilder? As a farmer, a Scot and someone who works for Pasture for Life, the word ”rewilding” comes up in a lot of my conversations, usually in polarised debates about rewilding versus farming, including on a recent Pasture for Life trip to Transylvania with a group of ecologists, nature recovery specialists and farmers. 

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