ecozealots

The Somerset Levels recovered after the 2014 floods by ignoring eco-zealots and using old ideas

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No one who saw Bryony Sadler’s reaction, after being informed that floodwater had poured into her family’s smallholding – a handsome Victorian rectory set on a seven-acre plot in the Somerset Levels – will easily forget her anguish. Having remained in the house for a month, watching the inexorable advance of a foul green tide … Read more

How trendy metropolitan eco-zealots are set on driving out farming and ‘rewilding’ the land

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When winter comes, an upsetting sight can greet office workers taking the train from the commuter town of Lelystad into central Amsterdam. Roughly 25 miles east of the Dutch capital, they pass a nature reserve called the Oostvaardersplassen, where herds of red deer, wild horses and cattle roam free. The 5,000-hectare plot is supposed to … Read more