22/11/24 Danish methane tax; intensive chicken farm
Denmark introduces a levy on methane emitted by livestock to tackle climate change; an intensive chicken farmer on animal welfare; and the former sound engineer now farming trout.
In order to meet its climate goals, Denmark is introducing a levy on methane emitted by livestock. It will mean a tax of around 300 kroner, or about Β£34 per tonne of methane from livestock including cattle and pigs. The levy will more than double by 2035. The scheme has been put together after many months of debate between all political parties, Danish farmers, trade unions and environmental groups.
We visit an intensive chicken farm on the Bedfordshire-Cambridgeshire border where birds are reared in sheds of 40,000. To some it's a controversial method, the animals grown rapidly over a period of around 6 weeks - but to others it's a humane way of meeting demand for affordable chicken.
And we meet a former sound engineer working with the likes of Prince and Status Quo who left all that to start an aquaponic trout farm.
Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Sally Challoner.
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