Opinion

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Countryfile Presenters

Ellie Harrison: Walk in the footsteps of our ancestors to save ancient paths

Sara Maitland: Why plastic-free shopping is the way forward

Sara Maitland

Rural countryside scene with farm house

John Craven: The worrying surge in rural crime

Sara Maitland: Do we need environmental art?

Sara Maitland

Ellie Harrison: Is the human race capable of saving itself from extinction?

Ellie Harrison

Sara Maitland: The price we pay for cheap milk

Sara Maitland

A stone wall in the Peak District surrounded by heather and a hawthorn tree (Photo by: John Finney via Getty Images)

Sara Maitland: how stone shapes the British countryside

Sara Maitland: how a struggling coastal village is making a comeback

Sara Maitland

Ellie Harrison: why we should embrace the humble dandelion

Ellie Harrison

Sara Maitland: why immigrant wildflowers are part of nature’s rich tapestry

Sara Maitland

Wheat crops

John Craven: Does the future of farming lie in mimicking nature?

Ellie Harrison: how walking in nature inspires artist Kit Williams

Ellie Harrison

Nick Baker on the big rural issues that make him cross

Sara Maitland: Why bothies are the perfect way to experience true wilderness

Sara Maitland

Sara Maitland: What is really meant by the word ‘countryside’?

Sara Maitland