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Have you seen? ▶️ Our Muck Map reveals full extent of factory farming’s impact on rivers. ▶️ Up to 33,450 tonnes of manure is produced every day by chickens and pigs in factory farms ▶️ Join our call to Angela Rayner Secretary of Housing, Communities and Local Government, to ensure new planning policy gives councils power to block more farms. https://buff.ly/3YUNrdV Compassion in World Farming Friends of the Earth

Factory farm pollution is not just a river Wye issue. We've mapped - for the first time - the waste produced by #factoryfarming across the UK and the results are shocking. Here are a few things we learned: 1) This is getting worse. Permission is still being given for more factory farms in the most polluted areas. Better planning policy could prevent this, and we're asking Angela Rayner to make sure the ongoing planning review introduces a presumption against any expansion in polluted catchments (please write to her now: https://lnkd.in/erVNHBdA) 2) This isn't just a River Wye issue. As Tom Tibbits has been saying for yonks, just exporting waste out of the Wye catchment isn't going to solve the problem. (Where will it go...?) 3) The river pollution crisis is largely caused by agriculture. But blaming farmers is sending your mail to the wrong address. Just a handful of agribusinesses are behind the expansion and intensification of UK livestock and raking in the profits from producing this waste. Meanwhile family farmers say they cannot survive the prices, trading terms, and insecurity imposed on them by these supply chains (check out the Riverford Organic Farmers 'Farmwashing' campaign) 4) These maps are *just* pigs and chickens. They don't even include intensive dairy and beef farming, so the slurry and manure problem is actually worse. We must create opportunities for UK farmers to grow healthy and sustainable food. (Some climate transition cash please?) And we need a proper nutrient budget for the UK (as Ellie Roxburgh from Soil Association is proposing) Amazing to collaborate with Compassion in World Farming - Food Business and Friends of the Earth on this work, produced by Materiality. #rivers #riverpollution

But first the Land. Stewardship and Conservation of wetlands and water usage walks hand in hand with the US farmer https://lnkd.in/e-zyWu3g

Our spring newsletter has arrived! 🌸 🌸 🌸 Topics include: 💙 Algae and Weed Control and How We Make It Safe 💙 5 Natural Water Quality Improvement Solutions for Your Lake 💙 The Safety and Financial Risks of Shoreline Erosion and How to Avoid Them 💙 Debunking Common Misconceptions About Alum and many more! Download the newsletter here>> https://bit.ly/3POhYFs

🌱 The inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities. Watch the trailer.... 📽 https://lnkd.in/eXVDiwCi #regenerativefarming #sustainabledevelopment #systemsthinking

📢 NEW IPES-Food REPORT JUST OUT! 👉🌍 #Land Squeeze: It's time to talk about land. Land prices have doubled in 15 years. Land grabs are once again resurgent in multiple forms, threatening farmers and food production. Learn more about the unprecedented pressure on farmland and what can be done to achieve equitable access to land in IPES-Food’s latest report. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dDPRqN8c

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