'Inherently inefficient': Too much UK farmland used for livestock, WWF warns

Michael Holder
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Swathes of UK farmland used for livestock and animal feed rather than crops to feed people, according to WWF
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Swathes of UK farmland used for livestock and animal feed rather than crops to feed people, according to WWF

New report warns UK livestock farming is fuelling climate change, nature loss, and food insecurity

Vast amounts of the UK's arable land is being used to feed livestock rather than crops for human consumption, in what WWF has branded an "inherently inefficient" process that is fuelling food insecurity,...

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