22/08/23 Building water pipes; switching salad crops; Cornish hedges
Building a pipe to bring water from the Humber to counties further south. And why some salad producers are switching from growing cucumbers to aubergines.
A water company in the east of England is to build a pipe "longer than the M1" to bring water from the Humber to counties further south, in an attempt to tackle water shortages and meet future water demand.
Why some salad producers are switching from growing cucumbers to aubergines.
And building Cornish hedges has been put on a red list of endangered skills.
Presented by Steffan Messenger and produced by Rhiannon Fitz-Gerald.
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- Tue 22 Aug 2023 05:45麻豆社 Radio 4
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