01/06/22 - Human food from grass, lab-grown meat and robotic weeders
A pioneering project is setting out to prove that the nutritional goodness in grass can be extracted and fed directly to humans.
We look at a future of food production where livestock takes a back seat. We visit a two-million-pound project called 'Pasture to Plate' which is setting out to prove that the nutritional goodness in grass can be extracted and fed directly to humans. And hear about a company hoping to be the first in the UK to produce 100 percent lab-grown meat.
Presented by Anna Hill
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons
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- Wed 1 Jun 202205:45BBC Radio 4
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