English Apples, Kent Cider, Farming Portal

Farming Today looks at the availability of British apples in UK shops and supermarkets. As the apple season reaches its peak, how easy is it to find locally-grown fruit? Charlotte Smith talks to Adrian Barlow from English Apples and Pears Ltd, who tells her about this year's harvest, and explains the changing taste of British apple consumers. Meanwhile, industry figures show sales of premier cider reached 75 million pounds in June - up 10 million on the year before. We visit a cider company in Kent, which is currently in its 6th brewing season.

Charlotte Smith talks to the man in charge of a new online 'portal' which aims to put caterers in touch with food producers. It's all part of the government's Plan for Public Procurement which was first announced in the summer. In the UK public bodies spend around two and a half billion pounds a year on catering, and the plan which covers England, along with similar projects in Wales and Scotland, aims to improve the way the military, prisons, schools and so on source their food, and in the process support British agriculture.

Presented by Charlotte Smith and Produced by Emma Campbell.