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New 'circular farm' to turn crops into clean fuel and food

Researches said the model aims to address a central challenge in UK agriculture of how to maintain food production while reducing emissions and adapting to climate pressures and volatile markets

Chris Brayford
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James Brown, project lead at Pollybell, said: "The opportunity here is to rethink how land is used, producing food, generating energy and improving environmental outcomes in a single system. That has the potential to change the economics of farming."
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James Brown, project lead at Pollybell, said: "The opportunity here is to rethink how land is used, producing food, generating energy and improving environmental outcomes in a single system. That has the potential to change the economics of farming."

A new 拢2.4 million farming project aiming to turn crops into both food and low-carbon fuel has launched in Lincolnshire in what researchers say could offer a blueprint for the future of English agriculture....

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