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Country Focus: Peat and Ewe Vodka

Peat and Ewe Vodka

BBC Radio Wales - Country Focus, Peat and Ewe Vodka

Peat-free compost, and the farmers milking sheep to produce milk, cheese and Vodka!

A ban on peat use in horticulture - a no-brainer or not that simple? And we say cheers to the first sheep-milk vodka in Wales.

The Government is consulting on whether to ban the sale of peat for horticulture in England and Wales to protect our peatlands - we hear from the Wildlife Trusts and a nursery in Gwynedd.  But what are the alternatives to peat?  Caroline Evans meets a farmer who's ambition is for every village in Wales to make Biochar!  The Pembrokeshire farmers using a by-product of the cheese making process to produce Ewe Whey Vodka. And finally, we pay tribute to  Dai Jones Llanilar - one of Wales’ best loved rural broadcasters - who sadly passed away last week.

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