The Killing of the Countryside by Graham Harvey

The Killing of the Countryside by Graham Harvey

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An attack on modern British agricultural policy and practice. Harvey pleads for a return to natural cycles, an end to subsidies and the domination of agri-businesses, and for a safe, sustainable farming system. He hopes the link between the British people and the countryside may be re-established.

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The Killing of the Countryside by Graham Harvey

Over the past fifty years the British countryside has changed out of all recognition. A wide range of wildlife species are disappearing - victims of modern intensive farming, of pesticides and fertilizers, and the sheer relentless pressure to maximise output from every hedge bank and field corner. It need not have happened. The loss of our wildlife and countryside has come about through a deliberate and sustained national policy, one that costs the British people GBP8 billion a year. THE KILLING OF THE COUNTRYSIDE is a devastating attack on modern British agricultural policy and practice and plea for a return to natural cycles, an end to subsides and the domination of agribusiness and for a safe, sustainable farming system.
Graham Harvey is a script writer and the Agricultural Story Editor for The Archers. A former farming journalist, he has written extensively for both radio and television.
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ISBN 13 9780224044448
ISBN 10 0224044443
Title The Killing of the Countryside
Author Graham Harvey
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1997-03-06
Number of pages 240
Prizes Short-listed for Natural World Book of the Year 1997, Short-listed for BP Natural World Book Prize 1997
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