15/12/21 - Seasonal workers, Shropshire by-election, vegan cheese alternative

Farming Today

• Episode: 15/12/21 - Seasonal workers, Shropshire by-election, vegan cheese alternative
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:13:38
• Published: 2021-12-15 06:59

This year, 30 thousand seasonal workers were allowed to the UK under a pilot scheme to pick fruit and veg. The National Farmers Union wants the scheme to be made permanent and the number of visas raised to at least 55,700. Meanwhile a Home Office Minister has told the EFRA Committee the Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme will be turned into a 3 year scheme with 30,000 visas available for next year and the year after, decreasing to 28,000 in the third year. He confirmed it would include visas for work in non-edible horticulture. North Shropshire has had Conservative MPs for the best part of 200 years - but the manner of Owen Paterson’s recent departure means the outcome of tomorrow’s by election for his replacement, is less than certain. We hear what the hot topics will be in this rural constituency. And legally, terms like milk, cheese, cream and yogurt are protected so they can only be used for the associated dairy products and not to describe non-dairy produce. We hear about a vegan alternative to cheese made from cashews. Presented by Anna Hill Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons