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Devon pilgrims to walk to Dawlish to protest against climate change

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01 Dec 2015 14:30

PILGRIMS in Devon will be walking from Exeter to Dawlish on Saturday to reflect on those suffering from the effects of climate change.

Lynne

01 Dec 2015 17:05

So, 'call me Dave' was in Paris discussing climate change, reduction in the use of fossil fuels etc etc.

Feel I am missing something here

For if he is so concerned about climate change why hasn't he then ensured that in any new planning legislation that as well as prioritising house building, the legislation also ensures that grade 1 agricultural land is protected and that the provision of allotments and community orchards should be a planning gain requirement from any housing development over a certain size?

Because surely the local production of food, in helping to reduce food miles, will help reduce carbon emissions in this country?

Now if I can work that out, why can't he?

leatash

01 Dec 2015 17:43

It's so simple farmers sell land because they are not making profits from farming and we are all to blame as we demand cheaper and cheaper food a good case in point is milk. Six pints of milk for £1.48 it should be £2.48 and then farmers just might think twise before selling the same applies to most food production the only farmers making money are those who run large high teck farms. You could also argue that there are large land owners in the area who produce nothing but use there estates for shooting they rear thousands of pheasants just for sport and crops are grown just for bird cover, again there's more money in shooting than producing food.

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