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Farming Today: A 25-year plan to boost British food, Future farmers, Would you eat seaweed?

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21/07/2015

A 25-year plan to boost British food, Future farmers, Would you eat seaweed?

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, A 25-year plan to boost British food, Future farmers, Would you eat seaweed?

Agriculture secretary Elizabeth Truss on her 25-year plan to boost UK food and farming.

With Caz Graham. Agriculture secretary Elizabeth Truss discusses her 25-year plan to boost UK food and farming. Plus the future farmers of Britain, and would you eat seaweed?

Agriculture Secretary Elizabeth Truss talks about her 25 year plan to boost UK food and farming which was part of the Conservative Party Manifesto at the General Election. Is it just a talking shop or a plan of action to make the UK one of the leading food innovators in the world?

Farming Today joins 5,500 under 11s at the East of England Showground in Peterborough where the agriculture industry is hoping to inspire the next generation to become farmers.

And - would you eat green and slimy seaweed? One harvester collecting seaweed on the shores of the Firth of Forth in Scotland says it's 'the ancient superfood for modern thinkers'!

Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Sybil Ruscoe.

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