080525: rural homelessness, bugs, potatoes, Land Girls

Rural England is in the throes of a deepening housing crisis with homelessness up by 73 percent since 2018, according to the CPRE. The countryside charity, responding to new government figures on rough sleeping and homelessness, says a combination of higher rents and house prices along with much lower than average wages in rural areas are to blame, along with a lack of homes that are truly affordable.
As the nation celebrates 80 years since VE Day, we hear from a woman who was part of the wartime Land Army.
We've been hearing anecdotal evidence that the number of bugs on people's car windscreens has increased in recent years - pointing to a healthier insect population. Is this true, or just a blip? We ask an expert.
And all this week we're talking potatoes - and today we meet a farmer who sells her spuds not to the supermarket, but at the farm gate.
Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Sally Challoner.