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Farming Today: Flood update, Mental health awareness, Academic Archers conference

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17/02/2016

Flood update, Mental health awareness, Academic Archers conference

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Flood update, Mental health awareness, Academic Archers conference

Caz Graham meets a Cumbrian farmer trying to get back on track after the floods of 2015.

Farming news. Two and a half months after floods devastated large parts of Cumbria, Caz Graham goes to meet a dairy farmer who is slowly trying to get his farm back on track.

In December, floods left dairy farmer David Martin's milking parlour knee-deep in water. Two and half months on, Caz Graham goes to meet him, and finds out what his biggest concerns are now that the floodwaters have subsided.

Farming Today continues its week-long look at mental health. We hear from a campaigner who wants agricultural colleges to include education about mental health as part of their courses.

And the academic side of the Archers! We find out about a conference taking place in London today, at which a range of academic disciplines will turn their spotlight on the everyday story of country folk - from a paper on 'Lynda Snell as Archetypal Class Warrior' to one which investigates the similarities between Rob Titchner and Shakespeare's Othello.

Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Emma Campbell.

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