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Campaign to Protect Rural England Standing up for your countryside

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Farming

Farmers are responsible for our unique landscapes. Farmers are responsible for our unique landscapes. Photo: © CPRE

The issues:

Livestock farming contributes to landscape character and local food webs

The future of farming and the countryside

Farms and farmers are at the centre of our countryside. They help maintain the hedgerows, drystone walls, pastures, meadows, woods, and traditional barns that make up the unique character of the English landscape. Livestock farming makes a key contribution to local food networks and to local wildlife habitats.

Update:

Farmers are responsible for our unique landscapes

Nocton Mega Dairy scrapped

We’ve successfully campaigned with other organisations against the proposals for a ‘mega dairy’ of 3,770 cows run by Nocton Dairies – in a battle that made it clear that the British public does not want to see US-style livestock factory farming.

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