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A century ago peppermint used to be grown as a commercial crop in Britain. The need to maximise food production during the Second World War put an end to that, but thirty years ago one farm owner in Hampshire went on a crusade to revive mint production. Now it's a successful crop on his farm, and is used to make everything from luxury chocolates to hand lotion. In this programme, Anna Jones visits the farm to find out how mint is grown and how it is distilled to produce essential oil, turning one of the farm barns into a smell sensation! She also hears from the man whose brainchild the whole enterprise was back in the 1990s.

Produced for 麻豆约拍 Audio in Bristol by Emma Campbell.