Golf courses cover 10 times more land than allotments – and get £550,000 in farming subsidies

‘Golf courses take up 10 times the amount of land used for allotments, according to a new analysis by Friends of the Earth (FoE).
The campaign group also found that golf courses receive at least £550,000 in agricultural subsidies, while allotments, many of which are used to grow food, receive nothing.
It called for the Government – currently considering a new farm subsidy system to replace the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after Brexit – to use public money to promote “sustainable food production” instead of “private leisure activities”.’
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