02/04/2009

News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. Including a warning from hydrologists at Cranfield University that farmers could soon face a water shortage which would theaten their ability to grow our food, which comes as the Environment Agency launches its water strategy for the next 40 years and wants us all, including farmers, to save water. And Bristol City Council is considering becoming the first local authority in the land to rear its own cattle for beef. The 50-strong organic herd would graze on parkland at Stoke Park, next to the M32 - and the beef would be served up at Bristol primary schools and in restaurants.