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31/01/26 Farming Today This Week: Sustainable Foods 2026, extreme weather and rural resilience, octopus bloom
How to make farming better for the environment, and the bottom line.
Sustainable Foods 2026: a conference in London which brings together big food companies, supermarkets, producers and scientists in a drive to transform our food systems - but what does it mean for agriculture?
Flooded farmers say government needs to spend more on infrastructure to make rural communities are more resilient in the face of climate change.
The secret lives of octopus, revealed in new report. Their numbers have increased dramatically - what is the impact on the fishing industry?
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.
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Sat 31 Jan 202606:30
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