This is the image I think we all have of agriculture: gently undulating fields of a mosaic of rich, dark fertile soil swathed in green cereal crops with grazing animals nearby. It is a green, warm, food image that we find reassuring and supportive. This landcover is focused on us. Its structure and function have been organised to feed and clothe humans even though most of those who will benefit live far away in crowded cities and have never even seen the stars let alone farmland such as this.

Do these words apply to you?