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Farming Today: 08/08/2022 - Reservoirs, Vertical farming, Harvest

08/08/2022 - Reservoirs, Vertical farming, Harvest

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 08/08/2022 - Reservoirs, Vertical farming, Harvest

Reservoirs, vertical farming, and harvest 2022.

Reservoirs for farming, the early harvest, and vertical farming for the future.

With areas of the UK struggling with drought, we speak to a farm business which has invested hundreds of thousands of pounds building reservoirs to store winter rain ready for summer. 

One sure way to avoid much of the weather's impact is to grow inside - not just in greenhouses but in vertical farms which look more like warehouses. The Jones Food Company, which specialises in growing this way, has just opened a new research centre in Bristol to trial growing more veg and fruit inside. 

Harvest 2022 is already around two weeks ahead of previous summers, as the dry weather allows farmers to get out in the fields earlier. We speak to an analyst from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board about the opportunities and challenges of the heat. 

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