The traditional rural way of life is threatened by the harsh economic realities of today's agricultural industry. But it's not really the farmers' fault. Land is a valuable investment commodity. When a farmer's fields become a banker's hedge against inflation the costs rise higher than the crops. The pressure is on the landowner to farm his own land. The pressure is on the farmer to get bigger and more mechanised. Farms and jobs disappear, and sometimes whole villages with them. What can be done to stop the rot, and to give young farmers and farm-workers a chance? Members of the rural community of Lincolnshire gather together to ask
Whose Land is it Anyway?
This is the second of six programmes giving a local issue a national hearing.
Presented by Malcolm Swire of BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Made by the COMMUNITY PROGRAMME UNIT