Hedges for bats; water pollution; education

Farming Today

• Episode: Hedges for bats; water pollution; education
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:11:35
• Published: 2019-06-03 10:46

Are agri-environment schemes which pay farmers to let hedges grow helping wildife? A new study by the University of Bristol and the Bat Conservation Trust says they are - they're helping rare bats, but they'd like farmers to trim hedges even less often. Severn Trent Water is expanding a scheme which gives grants to farmers to help reduce water pollution. Last year they gave away more than a million pounds. Farming fortnight starts today. It's a scheme to teach children about food and farming and is organised by LEAF - Linking Environment and Farming. The charity wants to tackle what they see as a disconnect between urban and rural life.