30/09/21 Vertical farming, post-Brexit livestock trade, new entrants working with mum and dad
Can vertical farming avoid the problems traditional growers are currently facing? We hear how work has begun on a 148,000 square feet indoor farm in Gloucestershire.
Can vertical farming avoid the problems traditional growers are currently facing? We hear how work has begun on a 148,000 square feet indoor farm in Gloucestershire, which the owner says will be the worldβs largest vertical farm.
There are βglaring holesβ in the UKβs post-Brexit livestock trade - a report out today from a cross party committee of MPs accuses the Governmentβs of a lack of urgency in tackling the problems in exporting breeding animals to the EU, and says that's putting the UK at a competitive disadvantage.
This week we are looking at new entrants to farming and while the quickest way in is to inherit land, succession in farming is rarely straightforward and working in a family business brings its own challenges.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.
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