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Farming Today: Agricultural workers, TTIP, Cumbrian uplands

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13/07/2015

Agricultural workers, TTIP, Cumbrian uplands

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Agricultural workers, TTIP, Cumbrian uplands

Are farm workers getting a raw deal when it comes to wages, hours and welfare?

The union Unite say farm workers are getting a raw deal when it comes to wages, hours and welfare and standards need to change. Presented by Caz Graham.

The Union Unite says Farm Workers are getting a raw deal when it comes to wages, hours and welfare. Their Agricultural representative Ivan Monkton tells Farming Today that standards have to change.

The Transatlantic Trade Agreement is one step closer to completion after MEPs voted on a report in Strasbourg. However, MEP Julie Girling says the Americans are far from being ready and thinks it will be another year until another big step towards the deal is taken

Caz Graham visits a Eycott Hill to speak to Kevin Scott from the Cumbria Wildlife Trust. It is an area of volcanic rock in the Lake District National Park which has just been bought by the Trust and is proving to be a haven for wildflowers and wildlife.

Presenter Caz Graham. Producer Ellie Richold.

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