Leadsom faces post-Brexit anger from both farmers and environmentalists

What form will the United Kingdom's agricultural policy take when the UK leaves the European Union and the Common Agricultural Policy?

The author suggests that outside the CAP does provide an opportunity to improve upon its failures. However, will the way forward involve less regulation, greater use and reliance advanced pesticides and intensified, genetically-modified crops?

Andrea Leadsom, the new Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the UK was a prominent campaigner for leaving the EU.

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