11/11/22 National Parks funding deficit, Food and Farming Awards' 'Future of Farming' winner, anaerobic digester
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National Parks warn they’re being forced to consider job cuts, selling off land and closing visitor centres to try to save money. The Parks say they’re facing a combined funding...
show moreJake Freestone is the winner of the BBC Food and Farming Awards' 'Future of Farming' category. Jake manages Overbury farms on the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire border and was an early adopter of regenerative farming. That means he's integrated animals into the arable farm, he no longer ploughs and instead plants into the remnants of the old crop, in order to build up the soil and not release carbon.
All this week we've been looking at on farm energy, from solar panels to anaerobic digesters. Anaerobic digesters can be used to turn waste products into heat, electricity and digestate that can be used as a fertiliser, or even as livestock bedding.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.
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