22/04/2011

A Herefordshire farmer predicts the recent warm, dry weather will mean a bumper cherry harvest. The blossom is appearing on trees two weeks early.

Caz Graham hears the UK has become the first country in the world to audit its soil bacteria. It could lead to farmers increasing yield and becoming more profitable, as Professor Andrew Whiteley from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology explains.

And a plant dismissed as weed could soon be grown commercially to produce food supplements. The government has funded trials of Corn Gromwell, rich in omega 3.

Presenter: Caz Graham. Producer Angela Frain.