On Radio 4 Now

Desert Island Discs

11:15 - 12:00

Kirsty Young interviews agony aunt, writer and presenter Denise Robertson.

Coming up at: 12:00

Just a Minute

View full schedule

  1. BBC Radio 4
  2. Programmes
  3. Farming Today
  4. 17/02/2012

17/02/2012

Listen :

Availability:

Sorry, this programme is not available to listen again . (why?)

Last broadcast on Fri, 17 Feb 2012, 05:45 on BBC Radio 4.

Synopsis

Episode image for 17/02/2012

Caz Graham hears seafood is being tested for radiation on a beach in Fife. The Food Standards Agency is investigating the former MOD site at Dalgety Bay.

Venison may once have been seen as a luxury food, but it's now commonplace in the supermarket. Moira Hickey finds out how deer farmers are cashing in on our growing taste for the meat.

And some wildlife is facing hard times because it's been confused by the weather. Helen Bostock from the Royal Horticultural Society explains how small birds and mammals are desperate for spring to arrive.

Presenter: Caz Graham Producer: Melvin Rickarby.

Broadcast

  1. Fri 17 Feb 2012
    05:45

More details

A programme from

Duration

15 minutes

More from BBC Radio 4

bbc.co.uk navigation

BBC © 2012 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.