13/11/23 Sewage sludge on farmland, cauliflowers, dam removal
Campaigners have launched a legal challenge to the government over the rules about fertilising farmland with sludge from sewage works.
Campaigners have launched a legal challenge to the Government over the rules about fertilising farmland with sludge from sewage works. The group alleges it’s abandoned its pledge to protect farmland from harmful chemicals.
All week we're talking about brassicas; and today it's cauliflowers. Phil Collins grows veg across 150 acres, just north of Devizes in Wiltshire, with 20 acres of brassicas.
One of the biggest ever dam removals has been completed in Aberdeenshire. The Garlogie dam was built as part of a now defunct local hydro electric scheme in the 1920s. Its demolition opens up part of the River Dee to Atlantic salmon for the first time in more than 100 years.
Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Beatrice Fenton.
Last on
Broadcast
- Mon 13 Nov 2023 05:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
Podcast
-
Farming Today
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside