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Farming Today This Week

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Last broadcast on Sat, 31 Oct 2009, 06:30 on BBC Radio 4.

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Every year 6.7 million tonnes of food are thrown away. That's about 10 billion pounds-worth. Charlotte Smith visits a village where residents are embracing food waste recycling and asks the environment secretary Hilary Benn if similar schemes could be rolled out across the country.

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  1. Sat 31 Oct 2009
    06:30

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