17/05/21 Seasonal workers, access to national parks, counting shad

Farming Today

• Episode: 17/05/21 Seasonal workers, access to national parks, counting shad
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:11:41
• Published: 2021-05-17 07:00

The Government’s new immigration policy may lead to a threat to Britain’s food supply-chain because there won’t be enough workers to pick this summer’s crops. That’s according to the Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee who’ve been commenting on the Government’s response to concerns they raised about this, in a report published back in December. The further easing of some lockdown restrictions will mean more of us can get away from home and enjoy a few days holiday, perhaps in the great outdoors. Visitor numbers are already increasing in National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty so all this week we’re going to be talking about access to the countryside and some of the issues it raises. And we're counting fish. A multi-million pound project, Unlocking the Severn, is removing man made obstacles that get in the way of migrating fish on the River Severn. To see whether it’s making a difference an army of volunteers has been enlisted to count the fish as they swim upstream. Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Beatrice Fenton.