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SFI redesign could offer a 'silver lining'

Patrick Holden, chief executive of the Sustainable Food Trust, has called for a 鈥榗oalition of stakeholders' to reward farmers for 鈥榩ositive climate, nature and social outcomes' as part of a 鈥楽ustainable Markets Initiative'

Rachael Brown
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clock 鈥� 3 min read
SFI redesign could offer a 'silver lining'

The only certainty Defra can give the farming industry right now is there will be a 鈥榬edesign' on a future Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offering, but what that looks like is not yet known. Some...

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