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Farming Matters – Alicia Kearns MP: "Why should farmland be sacrificed for energy?"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Alicia Kearns MP for Rutland and Stamford

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Alicia Kearns MP

While people argue whether our borders, economy, energy supplies or any number of other elements of our security should be our foremost concern to protect our country, it is irrefutable at this point that...

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