24/09/20 - Lorry queues at Dover, farming apprenticeships, food waste and the Agriculture Bill

Farming Today

• Episode: 24/09/20 - Lorry queues at Dover, farming apprenticeships, food waste and the Agriculture Bill
• Website: Farming Today
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• Duration: 00:13:38
• Published: 2020-09-24 07:00

As the Government warns there could be two day delays for lorries leaving Dover next year, we hear how one lamb exporter is preparing. Farmers First is a farmer owned co-operative which slaughters and butchers 10% of the UK’s lambs and exports about 70% of them. The majority of people who work in the farming industry have grown up on the land or have some link to agriculture, and it can be difficult for people without those connections who're interested in farming to get experience. In Scotland the Ringlink labour and machinery ring runs a pre-apprenticeship scheme. It’s offering people from diverse backgrounds the chance to work under the supervision of mentors. The uk is the only country in the world to have reduced food waste by 25% since 2007. A report out today from the World Resources Institute says generally the world is ‘woefully behind’ on efforts to cut food waste by half by 2030, but that the UK is halfway there. And, as the Agriculture Bill passes through the House of Lords, amendments have been approved that would prevent future trade deals allowing the import of food produced to lower animal welfare standards...and ban the use of pesticides near homes and public buildings or spaces. Presented by Charlotte Smith Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons