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Sarah Swadling hears why fluorescent chicken feed is being developed to combat food poisoning. Each year in the UK around 80 people die and up to 300,000 people get food poisoning from campylobacter. Scientists at Aberystwyth University have developed a fluorescent chicken feed that highlights the bacteria to prevent it spreading in the abattoir so it doesn't reach our kitchens.

A parliamentary committee warns that more UK dairy farmers will go out of business unless the Government takes action. Anne McIntosh MP, Chair of the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Select Committee and the Minister of Agriculture Jim Paice MP discuss the issue with Sarah Swadling.

And it is harvest time for the wheat reed which is used in thatched cottages. Devon farmer Roger Hill explains the process from field to roof.

Presented by Sarah Swadling. Produced by Emma Weatherill.