A report by the watchdog Natural England says many farmers responded\u00a0 to impeding grassland protection laws by digging up their meadows before the tighter rules could be introduced.\u00a0 Some 98% of English meadows have already been lost to intensive farming and the rate of loss nearly doubled after announcement that rules would be changed.<\/p>\n
Rules don’t work.\u00a0 People have to want to make a difference.\u00a0 And if they can’t pay the rent unless they pollute, they’re going to pollute.\u00a0 Farmers are like junkies on dope:\u00a0 They must spray otherwise they won’t get subsidies and consumers won’t buy their produce, so they turn a blind eye to the poison simply to earn a living.<\/p>\n
They won’t change their behaviour until we change our shopping habits and governments stop subsidising addicts to chemical sprays, GMO and other unnatural systems.<\/p>\n
So it looks like we can say goodbye to buttercups forever.<\/p>\n
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