Prince Charles warns of loss of countryside if small farms are driven out of ...

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Prince Charles has warned the 'heart will be ripped out of the British countryside' if small, family-run farms are allowed to go out of business.

Small independent farms are under threat from industrial agriculture and the focus on producing plentiful and cheap food, he says.

In an essay for BBC Radio 4's Today programme, the Prince of Wales has criticised the intensive agricultural system that produces most of our food as a 'dead end' and says we fail to take account of the 'hidden costs' of super-efficient farming.

But he did express optimism that change could be achieved and praised the efforts of high-profile campaigners including footballer Marcus Rashford who last year

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