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Low carbon farming advice

PUBLISHED: 15:09 29 January 2010 | UPDATED: 08:34 28 March 2014

JANUARY 29, 2010: Defra has published a booklet on the benefits and opportunities of low carbon farming.

It says that, if managed well, farmers can save money and increase their income by farming more efficiently and sustainably.

To download the booklet, visit www.defra.gov.uk/farming link.

* A Country Smallholding writer, Joanne Brannan, is setting up a low carbon farm in East Anglia, and will soon be writing about this in the magazine.

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