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Secretary of State for the environment Elizabeth Truss says we need to grow more, buy more and sell more British Food. She tells Sarah Swadling that they are hoping to open up more exports to parts of the world like the USA and Beef. She also announces that the government is planning to crack down on fly tipping and littering
MEPs on the International Trade committee have given the thumbs up to a draft version of the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership - better known as the TTIP. Labour MEP Jude Kirton Darling is on the European Trade committee. She tells Sybil Ruscoe that if its passed, TTIP will be one of the most important trade deals in history, and negotiations at this stage are crucial to get a good deal for British Farmers
73% of fresh chickens being sold in supermarkets across the UK are contaminated with campylobacter. That's according to the latest results from the Food Standards Agency - the government body responsible for food safety. Kevin Hargin from the FSA tells Farming Today that despite rising levels of campylobacter,
he's confident that figures will fall over the next 12 months.
Listeners have been getting in touch with the programme to tell us about the litter they witness in the countryside. Today Michael Cobb and Derek Fearnside tell the programme what they've witnessed.
Presenter Sybil Ruscoe. Producer Ruth Sanderson.