14/08/2013
The former farming minister Sir Jim Paice will be the new chairman of the UK's biggest dairy co-op, First Milk. Plus, making sure new potatoes really are new. With Caz Graham.
Former Agriculture Minister Sir Jim Paice will be the new chairman of the UK's biggest dairy co-op, First Milk. The potato industry has drawn up new guidelines on exactly which spuds can be sold as 'new potatoes', following a trading standards investigation. In our look at this year's cereal harvest the combines are rolling in Lincolnshire. And, a new campaign to increase the proportion of UK grown food on UK plates.
Produced by Sarah Swadling and presented by Caz Graham.
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