29/01/22 - Farming Today This Week: Food labelling, tree planting and shellfish deaths

Farming Today

• Episode: 29/01/22 - Farming Today This Week: Food labelling, tree planting and shellfish deaths
• Website: Farming Today
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• Duration: 00:24:57
• Published: 2022-01-29 08:00

Do you read the labels on meat, cheese and veg before putting them in the shopping basket and if so, what do you want to know? The calories? The nutritional content? Where it's come from? It's carbon footprint? We look at what information could be included on food labels and the challenges involved in doing that. The Forestry Commission launched a new drive to get more farmers to plant trees, with grants of up to 10 thousand pounds per hectare and free specialist advice. We ask if the Government's tree planting targets are still achievable. And it’s three months now since we first heard reports of dead crabs and lobsters washing up on beaches across the North East of England. At the time the Environment Agency said investigating the source of the deaths was ‘a top priority’, but since then, thousands of shellfish have died, and those deaths are still unexplained. Now fishermen say they’re losing their livelihoods, and they want the Government to help. Presented by Charlotte Smith Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons