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A look at the farmers and producers who rear, grow and make the elements of our Christmas dinner in the busy run up to the festive season. Anne Hill visits Produce world in Norfolk and talks to site director George Rivers about the vast quantities of parsnips he'll be producing which will go in to Christmas Dinners all over Britain. Michael Mack from FARMA, the National Farmers' Retail and Markets Association tells Sybil Ruscoe that the season of goodwill is good business and that its the most important time for producers both large and small. Christmas is probably the only time that most of us will tuck in to a whole roasted turkey. The Charlotte and Robert Garner farm at Godwick in Norfolk. They used to rear just a hundred turkeys each December but now they're raising five thousand free range birds a year, and delivering across the UK. They talk to Anna Hill about the run up to the festive season. Turkeys haven't always reigned supreme as the Christmas Bird. Geese used to take pride of place on Victorian and Edwardian Christmas dinner tables. Although it became unfashionable for a while, goose has been making a comeback.Hamish and Katherine Patterson produce free-range geese on their small hill farm near Hawkshead in the Lake District and they shared with Caz Graham how you rear the perfect Christmas goose. Stilton cheese sells vast quantities at Christmas.The largest stilton maker is the Long Clawson dairy deep in rural Leicestershire. Ben Jackson talked to Ashley Wreake, the managing director of the dairy, he explained how hectic this time of year is for the business. Presenter Anna Hill. Producer Ruth Sanderson.