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We need a national food strategy more than ever

Whatever seemed relevant two months ago, perhaps only two weeks ago, has been turned on its head. None of us really knows what’s going on now, but the impact on everybody and everything is impossible to second-guess, says Oliver Dowding, arable farmer and agricultural spokesman for the Green Party in the south west.

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We need a national food strategy more than ever

Whatever seemed relevant two months ago, perhaps only two weeks ago, has been turned on its head, says Oliver Dowding, arable farmer and agricultural spokesman for the Green Party in the south west...

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