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Episode 18

Dougie meets the chef creating delicious meals from food destined for the bin. Euan investigates the ongoing controversy over genetically modified food. And Sarah visits a young couple trying to make a living as crofters.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 17 Feb 2017 14:00

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Junk Food Caf茅

Junk Food Caf茅

Dougie helps out at a pop-up caf茅 in Edinburgh that is playing its part in reducing the amount of food that goes to waste. The Caf茅 takes food destined for the bin and creates meals. Customers at the caf茅 then decide how much they are prepared to pay for the food.

Young Crofter

Young Crofter

Sarah travels to Rogart to meet Maddy Norval and her partner, Rob who are trying to establish themselves as Crofters. With the average age of a 21st century Crofter being over fifty, the Government is keen to encourage more young people into this traditional form of small-scale farming.

GM

GM

Euan investigates the on-going controversy over Genetically Modified food. He visits the James Hutton institute near Dundee which is using GM to create new varieties of disease-resistant potato. He also meets Archie Gibson of seed-potato giant, Agrico, which uses traditional cross-breeding techniques to create new varieties of potato.

Best Biking Roads

Best Biking Roads

Dougie completes his series of journeys around the North Coast of Scotland with a trip from Gairloch to Inverness via Loch Maree.

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Role Contributor
Presenter Dougie Vipond
Executive Producer Rachel Bell
Executive Producer David Harron
Series Producer Simon Cousins

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