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Farming Today This Week: Soft Fruits

Charlotte Smith samples prize-winning strawberries and cherries at the National Cherry and Soft Fruit Show, with the very latest from the soft fruit industry.

Charlotte Smith samples prize-winning strawberries and cherries at the National Cherry and Soft Fruit Show in Kent. She talks to fruit growers Tom Hulme and Marion Regan about the challenges facing the soft fruit industry, and hears from Professor Simon Pearson from Lincoln University about the development of fruit picking robots.

Produced by Beatrice Fenton.

25 minutes

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  • Sat 6 Jul 2019 06:30

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