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    Fiona Reynolds is chair of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, the former director-general of the National Trust, former Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and the author of The Fight for Beauty. Follow her on Twitter @fionacreynolds.

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      By Fiona Reynolds Published 18 September 18

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