Around 70% of the UK land area is farmland and much of our wildlife is found here. Farmland biodiversity in the UK has been in catastrophic decline for the last thirty years. For example, since 1970, skylark populations have fallen by 54%, grey partridges by 86%, corn buntings by 89% and tree sparrows by 94%. [...]

Tory pledge of farmland protection and a review of the bureaucracy
A CONSERVATIVE Government would protect high quality farmland from development, move to cut red tape and commit to a change in leadership of the troubled Rural Payments Agency
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City money drives farmland prices up
If a dirty bomb ever explodes in London, you should grab all the gold you can carry and escape to a plot of farmland in the country to sit out the aftermath.
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