16/07/20 - Tackling exploitation of labour on farms, online show in the New Forest
A new app is being released to help tackle the exploitation of labour on farms. Charlotte Smith asks representatives from a charity and a produce supplier how it will help.
Continuing Farming Today's focus on the exploitation or alleged mistreatment of farm workers Charlotte Smith speaks to Justine Currell, Executive Director of Unseen, a Modern Slavery and Exploitation Helpline, and Shayne Tyler from the Fresca Group, about a new app that has been developed by by the Clewer Initiative, the Church of England’s initiative to combat modern slavery in conjunction with campaign and industry groups.
For 'no show' week Charlotte Baker has been finding out how farmers in the New Forest have adapted to showing their animals online.
Producer: Toby Field
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