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Farming Today: Food and Climate Change, Grouse Production, Brexit 'No Deal' Papers

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Food and Climate Change, Grouse Production, Brexit 'No Deal' Papers

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Food and Climate Change, Grouse Production, Brexit 'No Deal' Papers

A report says better public policies are needed to change our eating habits.

A report released to coincide with World Food Day makes alarming reading when it comes to the impact our food choices are having on climate change.

A new report says that there's an "alarming lack of public policy" when it comes to changing our eating habits in order to tackle climate change. Coinciding with World Food Day today. the report from the Changing Markets Foundation claims that if meat and dairy consumption keeps rising at its current rate, it will take up all the allowable emissions budget, for the whole world, by 2050.
 
All this week on Farming Today we're talking about the role of gamekeepers. It’s been a bad year for grouse, although it's not clear exactly why. It’s likely that a hard winter followed by a hot dry summer meant that females laid fewer eggs than normal, and the few chicks which hatched failed to thrive. Moira Hickey meets a gamekeeper in Inverness-shire, who explains what impact a poor year has on an estate like the one he works on.

A new batch of "no-deal" papers has been released by the government. These are documents which give guidance on how to prepare for Brexit if a deal can't be reached. We explore some of the recommendations regarding fishing, farming and the horse-racing industry.

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