Fens 2100+ is making the case for more investment to protect the 'breadbasket of Britain'.
BBC News, NorfolkFens 2100+ is designed to protect the low-lying area that is home to over 50% of England's top agricultural land.
Extreme weather and rising sea levels are threatening the region's residents and its capacity to produce food. It will then develop adaptation plans "to balance the needs of people, the environment and agriculture for the next 100 years".Stafford Proctor farms land across the Fens in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire
He farms land in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, growing crops such as wheat, sugar beet, peas and oilseed rape.
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