Forget trees, Welsh uplands needed for growing food

BRITAIN’S hill and upland areas could be the answer to tackling the growing threat of food shortages, according to a Mid Wales beef and sheep farmer.

John Pugh is calling on the Assembly Government to reconsider its ambitious tree planting strategy, which aims to create 100,000ha of new woodlands over the next 20 years, mainly on marginal hill land.

And he said any plantations cleared to combat Sudden Oak Death should be returned to farmland rather than replanted.

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