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Country Focus - Sunday 23rd October at 0700; presented by Rachael Garside and repeated Monday 24th October at 0530

The oscars of the Welsh food and drink industry - the were held in north Wales for the first time in their ten year history last week. We speak to the new True Taste champion and the first ambassador for the industry.

A four billion pound plan to boost Marine tourism on could see ferries sailing once again across the Menai Straits. What will the proposals mean for island life and tourism?

Starting up in business during a recession could be considered a foolhardy endeavour for many budding entrepreneurs, particularly in rural areas where you can be far away from your chosen markets. But one woman who's proved that it is possible to thrive and reach a global market from the heart of rural Wales is Evans. She founded her eponymous business making Celtic-inspired jewellery from Welsh gold forty years ago and was determined to remain based in her native Tregaron, despite suggestions she should relocate elsewhere.

and we hear how Hundreds of waterbirds have been flocking to three newly-restored coastal lagoons at the in Carmarthenshire this autumn.