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28/09/2009

Charlotte Smith finds out why some British farmers have dumped thousands of litres of milk in protest. Also what schools should be doing to incorporate farming into the curriculum.

Schools should be doing more to incorporate farming into the national curriculum. That's according to a recent study. Charlotte Smith finds out why many children do not get first hand experience of life on a farm and whether the recent scare over E.coli will deter more schools from taking pupils to farms.

Also, the British farmer who sprayed thousands of litres of milk on her fields explains why she took this protest action.

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Mon 28 Sep 2009 05:45

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