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30/09/21 Vertical farming, post-Brexit livestock trade, new entrants working with mum and dad

Can vertical farming avoid the problems traditional growers are currently facing? We hear how work has begun on a 148,000 square feet indoor farm in Gloucestershire.

Can vertical farming avoid the problems traditional growers are currently facing? We hear how work has begun on a 148,000 square feet indoor farm in Gloucestershire, which the owner says will be the world鈥檚 largest vertical farm.
There are 鈥榞laring holes鈥� in the UK鈥檚 post-Brexit livestock trade - a report out today from a cross party committee of MPs accuses the Government鈥檚 of a lack of urgency in tackling the problems in exporting breeding animals to the EU, and says that's putting the UK at a competitive disadvantage.
This week we are looking at new entrants to farming and while the quickest way in is to inherit land, succession in farming is rarely straightforward and working in a family business brings its own challenges.

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

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  • Thu 30 Sep 2021 05:45

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