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The Food Chain

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Examining what it takes to put food on your plate

The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.

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The Food Chain: Extreme Farming

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04/06/2016 GMT

Extreme Farming

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How a tiny country has become the world's second biggest exporter of farmed food.

We find out how one of the world's smallest countries has become one of its biggest food producers. Could it be a model for global farming as we try to feed a growing population?

How has one of the world’s smallest countries become one of its biggest food producers? 

This week we visit a tiny nation responsible for the second largest exports of farmed food. Its vegetable, fruit, and livestock farmers are pushing the limits of productivity – how do they get so much food out of so little land? 

We visit a dairy farm run almost entirely by robots, one of the country’s many industrial-sized greenhouses, and a farm on the roof of a former factory. 

With the planet’s soaring population, could this country be a model for global farming? 

Plus, what impact is such intensive farming having on the environment, human health and animal welfare?

Presenter: Anna Holligan.
Editor: Simon Tulett

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