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Farming Today

Farming Today

All rural life is here: daily news of food, farming, the countryside and the environment with analysis and context from the BBC's experts in the field. Presented by Anna Hill, Miriam O'Reilly, Charlotte Smith and Mark Holdstock, Farming Today goes out every weekday on Radio 4 at 0545 (14 minutes) and at 0635 on Saturdays (22 minutes). As part of a short trial, episodes of this podcast will be available until the end of December 2009. To find out more visit bbc.co.uk/podcasts/trial

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Recent episodes (10)

  • 10 Dec 09 Sausage wars and English Whisky

    Thu, 10 Dec 09

    Duration:
    15 mins

    Charlotte Smith on how a disagreement on labelling almost created a war of two sausages.

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  • 09 Dec 09 Labelling food origins

    Wed, 9 Dec 09

    Duration:
    15 mins

    How labelling traditional foods can boost profits.

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  • 08 Dec 09 Olympic Food Fight

    Tue, 8 Dec 09

    Duration:
    15 mins

    The food strategy for the 2012 Olympics has been described as the largest ever peace-time food effort. But Anna Hill hears claims it could be 'greener'.

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  • 07 Dec 09 Cumbrian Flood Appeal

    Mon, 7 Dec 09

    Duration:
    13 mins

    Charlotte Smith hears that the Cumbrian floods have left millions of tons of gravel on the fields, and farmers have to foot the bill.

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  • 5 Dec 09 Future Farming

    Sat, 5 Dec 09

    Duration:
    26 mins

    From robotic milking devices, to meat grown in a petri-dish, Farming Today This Week puts research and development under the spotlight and takes a close up look at the innovations and advances in agricultural technology that will help to feed future generations.

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  • 04 Dec 09 Welsh Dairy Promise

    Fri, 4 Dec 09

    Duration:
    15 mins

    A Welsh Assembly member tells Charlotte Smith that, like the banks, the Welsh dairy industry is too important to fail.

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  • 03 Dec 09 Robot millkers

    Thu, 3 Dec 09

    Duration:
    15 mins

    Charlotte Smith hears about cows that can milk themselves and how Britain can eradicate salmonella

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  • 02 Dec 09 Salmonella and Spanish Eggs

    Wed, 2 Dec 09

    Duration:
    14 mins

    Investigations are launched into whether Spanish eggs are causing salmonella poisoning in the UK.

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  • 01 Dec 09

    Tue, 1 Dec 09

    Duration:
    15 mins

    Meat has been grown in the lab for the first time. Anna Hill reports.

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  • 30 Nov 09 Sewage pipes and food origins

    Mon, 30 Nov 09

    Duration:
    13 mins

    Unregulated overflow pipes which are pumping sewage into rivers and the discovery which makes it possible to prove the country of origin of the food we eat

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