01/10/2009
As guns are loaded for the start of the pheasant shooting season, Charlotte Smith hears that shoots are suffering in the recession. Plus how the Farming Today bees are faring.
As guns are loaded for the start of the pheasant shooting season, Charlotte Smith hears that shoots are suffering in the recession.
A generation of rural people have lost their connection with farming, according to a charity which takes thousands of school pupils on farm visits each year.
As more resources are put into researching the decline of our bee population, we discover how the Farming Today bees are faring.
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- Thu 1 Oct 200905:45BBC Radio 4
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