Save our grasslands, not your egos, tree-planting celebrities told
who plant trees to salve their conscience are contributing to the loss of British grazing grass, the president of the National Farmers Union has said. Minette Batters said that the value of cattle and grasslands in helping to limit climate change and provide food security was being overlooked by a “ghastly conversation of trees versus meat”. “Vast tracts of the country that should be growing grass are growing trees, now,” she told a sustainable farming conference this week.