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Schmallenberg virus, Community woods and slow building

Concern among sheep farmers about how the Schmallenberg virus could be monitored in Wales. A new school opens its doors to teach country ways and if you go down to the woods today ..... A call to get more people involved in protecting the Welsh environment.

Last updated: 04 March 2012

Country Focus - Sunday 4th March at 0700; presented by Rachael Garside and repeated Monday 5th March at 0530

Farmers are being asked to remain vigilant for the as work is on-going to determine the extent and impact of a disease which causes birth defects in livestock. We speak to a farmer in Llangadog who is currently lambing.

And learning the realities of farming - Monmouthshire farmers Kate and Jim Bevan are no strangers to sharing their livestock knowledge, since their family farm in Llanvetherine near Abergavenny became the filming location for the . But the couple have now extended their business by opening a Country School to teach courses varying from lambing, shearing and butchery to cider making and creative writing.

How involved are you in the environment of wales and do you feel you have a voice? Despite the current Welsh government consultations on the for managing our landscape and the proposed new, community woodland network, says not enough people are getting involved. It's an issue they will address later this week at their conference where community woodland initiatives from all over Wales will be getting together to celebrate their diversity.

And Slow Building - Traditional building materials and skills are staging a comeback against the onslaught of modern, mass produced products that are inappropriate, ugly or simply don't work. Championing the cause of this revival in the Conwy Valley is the owned and managed by Ned and Sophie Schärer. Our community reproter, Huw Jenkins visits their house.


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