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GM, Pentland hills, Living wage

A look at how the living wage will impact on farmers, workers and shoppers' grocery baskets. Sybil Ruscoe presents.

European MEPs have voted against a motion which would allow individual countries to opt out of using GM feed and food. They say that it's impossible to implement across Europe, which has free trade and open borders. Conservative MEP Julie Girling is pro-GM. She thinks clearer rules are needed around it, while Green party MEP Molly Scott Cato believes that European consumers don't want GM in any form and that the parliament should reject it altogether.

Sybil Ruscoe visits Evesham Vale Growers to see how the National Living Wage, which will be implemented in April, will affect workers, farmers and the cost of food. David Shepherd tells her it's going to have a big impact on their business.

Nancy Nicholson meets farmers who think that doubling the size of the Pentland Hills regional park would put a huge burden on other farmers in the area. Christine Grahame MSP proposed the extension and says that the move is in order to protect these areas and ensure that they are used properly by the public.

Presenter Sybil Ruscoe. Producer by Ruth Sanderson.

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Thu 29 Oct 2015 05:45

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