How did you bring farmers round to your side? How'd you encourage them to change their ways? Well, the first thing to say is, i'm not trying to bring all farmers around to my side. I mean, when it comes to live stock, it's similar to the oil industry. And what i want them to do is to be employed by us for ecological restoration. We're going to pay you to bring back trees and take down fences.
George Monbiot is a journalist, campaigner and author, who is telling the world that the time for action on the climate crisis is now. His latest book, Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet, looks at how we can lessen the impact of food consumption and farming on the global environment. Our host for this discussion is Alice Thomson, columnist and interviewer for The Times.
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