24/07/21 - Mussels, Meadows and Livestock Scares

Farming Today

• Episode: 24/07/21 - Mussels, Meadows and Livestock Scares
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:25:04
• Published: 2021-07-24 08:00

All this week Farming Today has been hearing about meadows, and today Caz Graham speaks to James Allen who says it is possible to make a living from grazing heritage breeds of livestock on wildflower meadows. Caz has also been in the Westmorland Dales near Kirkby to meet Andrew Walter and find out why hay meadows are a special place. Rebecca Rooney is in the Thames Valley wading through water meadows to find out about a project to preserve these habitats. Ewan Murrie is aboard a boat of a mussel farmer who has seen his business slump since the end of the Brexit transition period. Sacha Dench is flying high above the UK in an electric paramotor but owing to a limited battery life finds herself landing frequently in farmland. Charlotte Smith asks her how she's received, and a farmer in Somerset says more needs to be done to protect livestock after her cows were spooked by a low-flying hot air balloon. Presenter: Caz Graham Producer in Bristol: Toby Field