Farming Today This Week

For more than five years now, farmers have been joining two schemes which have specifically paid them to bring in more wildlife, and use their land more sustainably. The Entry Level and Higher Level Stewardship Schemes give farmers a list of the things they can do to encourage insects, bees and birds. Recently, Natural England warned that nearly 500 plants and animals have become extinct in England, and virtually all of these have been lost within the last two centuries. On Farming Today This Week, Charlotte Smith visits a Worcestershire farm run by The Wildlife Trust in partnership with a conventional dairy farmer. Charlotte investigates whether farms are doing enough to encourage wildlife onto their land and asks what part does growing food play in all of this.
Presented by Charlotte Smith. Produced by Anna Varle.