Why farmers are struggling to go green

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Why farmers are struggling to go green

A crisis is brewing in the systems that feed us. More than a third of humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the way we produce, process and package food. It’s also the biggest driver of the diminishing variety of life on Earth. Solving these problems will require root-and-branch reform of farming. But so far, the burden has fallen on relatively slight shoulders: individual farmers and you, the consumer. Across Europe, widespread frustra…