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Farming Today: 15/02/2011

15/02/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 15/02/2011

British farmers predict that in 10 years' time half of UK food could be imported.

Within ten years, one in every two meals eaten in this country will come from food produced abroad, according to the National Farmers' Union.

Within ten years one in every two meals eaten in this country will come from food produced abroad, according to the National Farmers' Union. Ahead of their annual conference, NFU President Peter Kendall calls for UK farmers to have support from the government to use GM foods and new technology to ensure they are not at a disadvantage to the rest of the world.

Also, forests used for leisure purposes should not be sold off to charities but should be run by a government organization similar to Natural England. That's the view from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds who believe it would be acceptable for commercial forests to be sold off but the state should still retain and run woodlands used for leisure. 

And the number of barn owl deaths has risen three fold this winter according to the British Trust for Ornithology. David Ramsden from the Barn Owl Trust explains the reasons for their demise.

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