26/04/21 - Growing hemp for CBD in the UK, BBC FAFA Awards and a professional pub lover...

Farming Today

• Episode: 26/04/21 - Growing hemp for CBD in the UK, BBC FAFA Awards and a professional pub lover...
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:11:18
• Published: 2021-04-26 07:00

In a new report on the future of CBD in the UK, the industry calls on Government to allow British farmers to grow hemp to produce the oil. CBD - cannabidiol - comes from the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant. It’s used as an additive in many products, from food and drink to skin treatments and the growing market for it here is reckoned to be worth 300 million pounds a year. No surprise then that farmers would like to get involved, but as of now, although they can grow hemp with a licence, it can't be used for CBD extraction. The Home office told us its waiting for advice from the independent Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on how the law on CBD products can be strengthened and clarified before anything is decided. The BBC Food and Farming Awards are back! The awards will give us a chance to celebrate the people or companies who’ve made a real difference, over the past year. With the Farming for the Future Award, we want to recognise the individuals and business who are going above and beyond to find solutions to the many challenges facing farmers and are working to build a more resilient and sustainable industry for the future. We’re accepting nominations now via the BBC Food and Farming Awards website – bbc.co.uk/foodawards – where you’ll find details of all of the categories, as well as our terms and privacy notice. Nominations close at one minute to midnight on Monday the 17th of May 2021. And we find out about "Inns on the Edge" - a new project to record the history and heritage of pubs along the 50 mile Lincolnshire coastline between Grimsby and Boston. Presented by Charlotte Smith Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons