Radical shifts are needed in what we mean by farming and how we think about land

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Food and agricultural systems need deep transformation, requiring nothing less than fundamental reframing of what land and ‘farming’ means to businesses, argues Forum for the Future's Caroline Ashley

There is something very fundamental brewing in the food and agriculture sector, perhaps hiding in plain sight. It's about the need to reframe land and reinvent farming. I consider food and agriculture...

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