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Farming Today: Scottish government's plans to ban GM crops, Rural tourism, Goat meat

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17/08/2015

Scottish government's plans to ban GM crops, Rural tourism, Goat meat

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Scottish government's plans to ban GM crops, Rural tourism, Goat meat

Potato growers respond to the Scottish government's plans to ban GM crops.

Potato growers respond to the Scottish government's plans to ban genetically modified crops. Nancy Nicolson joins producers at the James Hutton Institute in Perthshire.

Potato growers respond to the Scottish Government's plans to ban genetically modified crops. Nancy Nicolson joins producers at the James Hutton Institute in Perthshire where the talk wasn't just about potatoes - politics was on the agenda too. 

This week on Farming Today we're highlighting rural tourism. James Berresford, the chief executive of Visit England, tells Sybil Ruscoe that it's an important and growing part of the tourism sector, and shouldn't be overlooked.

Goat meat has long been a favourite all over the world - in African, Carribean, Asian and Arabic cooking - but now it's becoming more mainstream in the UK as well. Beatrice Fenton meets James Whetlor, a kid meat producer from Devon. He explains that he buys billies from the dairy industry, which would otherwise be slaughtered, and prepares the meat for restaurants.

Presented by Sybil Ruscoe and produced by Mark Smalley.

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