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26/05/2012

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ON NEXT : 06:00 Jon Briggs

Phil Mercer on Sunday

Why Care About Farmers?

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Duration: 3 hours

What about food-is it important to know where it comes from? Phil talks to a local farmer.

The programme also takes a look at the Witney-based, Open Doors charities who aim to use the football World Cup to raise awareness of other African nations and their troubles.

  • Open Farm Sunday

    Open Farm Sunday

    Phil was joined in the studio by Tom Allen-Stevens (above), owner of Faringdon's Wicklesham Farm and the National Co-Ordinator of Open Farm Sunday - a very special event in which more than four hundred farms nationwide open to the public with the aim of increasing understanding of what happens on farms as well as what they produce.

    Open Farm Sunday

  • Sunday Papers

    Our paper reviewer this morning was Andy McCulloch, from Adventure Plus in Witney.

  • Friendship Walk

    Ahead of the Oxford Friendship Walk, we were joined by Fazal Hussain, Chairman of the Oxford Central Mosque Society, Adele Moss from the Oxford Jewish Community and Rev. Bob Wilkes Vicar of St Michael's on the Cornmarket and City Rector. Phil spoke with them about interfaith issues and the driving forces behind the walk.

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