The true cost of food, global hop shortage, drone regulation

Farming Today

• Episode: The true cost of food, global hop shortage, drone regulation
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:13:40
• Published: 2017-08-02 07:00

The true cost of food: should farmers be taxed on their impact on the environment? Patrick Holden, founding Director of the Sustainable Food Trust, says the price of food should reflect the environmental impact of producing it. The German hop harvest is hit by a drought. We hear how this will affect British hop growers. A growing number of farmers use drones, both for monitoring crops and even assessing things like soil fertility. The government has announced plans to regulate their usage across the UK. Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Beatrice Fenton.