Britain's third country status, report recommends turning farmland into forest, rewilding

Farming Today

• Episode: Britain's third country status, report recommends turning farmland into forest, rewilding
• Website: Farming Today
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• Duration: 00:13:20
• Published: 2019-04-11 07:00

Some clarity comes for British food producers in the event of a no deal Brexit, with the announcement that the UK has been approved by EU member states as having 3rd country status. New research from Harvard University suggests some pretty radical ways of meeting the climate change targets, by turning much of the UK's farmland into forest. And how one Cumbrian farmer is approaching rewilding as an opportunity rather than a threat. Presented by David Gregory-Kumar and produced by Beatrice Fenton.