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The National Farmers’ Union states that we need near-wartime levels of ambition and action as we struggle to sustain agriculture in the face of massively damaging impacts of accelerating climate change.
We are moving far too slowly,
We are losing,
We risk losing everything,
We must act faster.
Take action for sustainable, regenerative agriculture
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