Orchard threat

29 January 1999

Orchard threat

THE government should make more agri-environment grants available for creating and maintaining orchards to reverse the decline in British apple and pear production.

Two new reports from the SAFE Alliance, a coalition of 32 groups seeking to promote sustainable food and farming, say half the nations pear orchards and more than 60% of apple orchards have been destroyed in the past 30 years. &#42