22/08/20 Farming Today This Week: food self-sufficiency, peat restoration, diverse agricultural careers

Farming Today

• Episode: 22/08/20 Farming Today This Week: food self-sufficiency, peat restoration, diverse agricultural careers
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:24:48
• Published: 2020-08-22 08:00

The National Farmers' Union says it wants British farming to set a global benchmark in sustainable food production, by becoming more self-sufficient. We ask whether that's possible, or even a good idea. We hear calls for a peat restoration project which will re-wet peat land to make it soak up carbon, rather than emitting it. There’s a vast array of careers linked to farming which enable the industry to achieve its potential, from scientists to machinery sales. We hear from an agronomist, an agricultural solicitor and a GIS mapping consultant. Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Beatrice Fenton.