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Farming Today: 16/09/2022: The Value of Food, Conservation Goats and Bird Flu

16/09/2022: The Value of Food, Conservation Goats and Bird Flu

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 16/09/2022: The Value of Food, Conservation Goats and Bird Flu

How can food producers earn a living while inflation soars and input costs rise?

How can food producers earn a living while inflation and input costs rise? Anna Hill hears thoughts and ideas from a meeting of the Rural Policy Group.

Is our food production system broken, how can food producers earn a living while inflation and input costs hit their pockets? These are some of the issues raised at a meeting of the Rural Policy Group, Anna Hill hears what they had to say.
Hundreds of dead and dying seabirds have been washing up along the south coast, Ben McCarthy the Head of Conservation and Restoration Ecology at the National Trust warns things could get worse as winter approaches.
And goats being used for conservation grazing.
Presenter: Anna Hill
Producer: Alun Beach
Editor: Dimitri Houtart

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