06/06/2011
Caz Graham hears calls for Agricultural Wages Boards to be scrapped to make farming more competitive. But the Unite union claims that could lead to poverty and exploitation.
Caz Graham hears calls for Agricultural Wages Boards to be scrapped to make farming more competitive. But the Unite union claims that could lead to poverty and exploitation.
And the National Trust defends its decision to choose organic over conventional farming methods at its new interactive MY FARM project. The scheme aims to help people re-connect with farming, but some traditional farmers argue by going organic, it wont give the general public a representative view of farming
Presenter: Caz Graham; Producer: Angela Frain.
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