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21/12/2014

The rural news magazine for those who live and work in the Welsh countryside visits a farmers' market to hear tales of goat meat, puppies and teacup pigs.

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Mon 22 Dec 2014 05:30

A Stocking Full of Rural Stories

A Stocking Full of Rural Stories

It's the run up to Christmas and we have a festive meeting with Santa and his reindeer in Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan.  While it's a chance for families to catch up with him it's also an opportunity for the producers at to show off their produce and capture new markets.

It's the world's mostly widely eaten meat but why isn't ²µ´Ç²¹³ÙÌýmore popular on Wales' menus? We meetwhich is hoping to change that by diversifying with a small herd of South African Boer goats, alongside their sheep and cattle

The cattle are lowing but are they tucked up nice and warm on a bedding of gorse? We visit a farm on the Llyn Peninsula to learn more about the delights of sleeping on a such a prickly material

It's that time of year there's an annual surge in demand for puppies for christmas but animal welfare charities are urging new owners to be aware of where their pets are coming from. We speak to the Dog's Trust about

And Christmas presant or savoury dish - .

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  • Sun 21 Dec 2014 07:00
  • Mon 22 Dec 2014 05:30

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