21/07/2009
News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. She hears why Britian should not aim to be self-sufficient in food.
The UK should not attempt to be self-sufficient in food, according to a government report. The Environment Food and Rural Affairs select committee says doing so would make our own food supplies less secure. And the National Farmers Union explains why taxpayers, not farmers, should pay millions for animal disease.
Anna Hill reports.
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