27/01/20 - Brexit transition, FarmStart and the new Northern Ireland Farming Minister
Once the UK leaves the EU, we enter a transition period and the UK will aim to negotiate both a new trade deal and a new legislative relationship with the EU.
It's three years and seven months since the UK voted to leave the EU. On Friday night that decision becomes reality, but this is where the hard work begins. We will leave the EU and enter a transition period - due to last till the end of the year - during which the UK must negotiate both a trade deal with the EU and a new legislative relationship on everything from access to fishing waters to intelligence sharing. But on Saturday morning, what will have changed?
A new scheme, created by the Landworkers’ Alliance, hopes to help new entrants to break into farming, by starting small. The FarmStart scheme provides small affordable plots, shared equipment and training. We visit a project in Cornwall.
And our first interview with the new Farming Minister for Northern Ireland, Edwin Poots,
Presented by Anna Hill
Produced by Heather Simons
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- Mon 27 Jan 202005:45BBC Radio 4
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