The Welsh Game Supply Chain and Other Stories
The rural news magazine for those who live and work in the Welsh countryside. Country Focus hears about a project to boost the value of game meat to the Welsh economy.
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Game Meat Project - pheasant, venison and duck have all become more widely available to consumers but are we making the most of the local supply chain? Shooting and game meat is worth around 拢75 million per year for the Welsh economy and we hear about a聽new initiative, managed by Four Cymru聽 to develop local industry and bring Welsh Game to the consumer's plate
Lapwing Life Raft - once a common farmland bird, the Lapwing has been fast disappearing from the Welsh landscape. At the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales' Parc Slip Nature Reserve near Bridgend work is underway to try and help them by creating an artificial floating island.聽 And if you would like to help the Trust achieve this project to build a raft for Lapwing follow
BogLIFE - Work's getting underway to restore a rare raised bog habitat - Britain's third largest - on the Wales/Shropshire border near Wrexham. The Marches Mosses BogLIFE Project has secured 5 million pounds of European funding which will be used to increase water levels by constructing bunds, as well as to purchase more peat land at Fenn's, Whixall & Bettisfield Mosses and Wem Moss.
And we visit Wales' first solar-powered village. "Pentre Solar" in Pembrokeshire runs entirely off the energy of the sun and will soon welcome it's first residents
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- Sun 4 Dec 2016 07:03大象传媒 Radio Wales
- Tue 6 Dec 2016 00:30大象传媒 Radio Wales
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Country Focus
Programme serving everyone living in the countryside, and tackling issues affecting them