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Farming Today: 20/10/2011

20/10/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 20/10/2011

As food inflation soars, Charlotte Smith asks how expensive the Sunday roast could become.

As hundreds of school teachers go back to the classroom to learn about farming, Charlotte Smith hears how one teacher didn't know that pork comes from pigs.

Around 200 teachers have so far attended a course on the basics of farming. The lessons at the Harper Adams University College aim to boost the confidence of the teachers before they go back to the classroom. Senior Lecturer Nicky Hunter says when the teachers arrive some know more than others. In one rare example, one teacher didn't know that pork came from pigs or that male cows could not be milked. Meanwhile, farmers and food producers should be going into schools to market their industry, according to an organisation which works to link schools with business. Chris Horton from Magnified Learning says the industry needs to sell the creative and exciting aspects of the job. And as food inflation soars, Farming Today asks how expensive the Sunday roast could become. The price of a beef joint for has gone up by around 11% since this time last year. A Somerset auctioneer explains the global shortage of beef animals is the main reason, and says he hasn't seen prices so high in his career.

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