17/07/21 - National Food Strategy and Agricultural Shows

Farming Today

• Episode: 17/07/21 - National Food Strategy and Agricultural Shows
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:24:35
• Published: 2021-07-17 08:00

'A miracle and a disaster' - that's how the modern food system was described this week at the launch of part 2 of the National Food Strategy. Charlotte Smith asks the farming industry what they make of the strategy. With Patrick Holden of the Sustainable Food Trust, Stuart Roberts of the National Farmers' Union, and Sheila Dillon of Radio 4's The Food Programme. HRH the Prince of Wales talks about the need to put nature at the heart of farming and the importance of small family-run farms. There are visits to the Great Yorkshire Show and the Kent County Show, just two of a small handful of agricultural shows that have gone ahead this summer. You can hear Sheila Dillon's interview with Henry Dimbleby on The Food Programme on Radio 4 on Sun 18th July 2021 at 12:30. Presenter: Charlotte Smith Producer in Bristol: Toby Field