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National Parks warn they鈥檙e being forced to consider job cuts, selling off land and closing visitor centres to try to save money.聽The Parks say they鈥檙e facing a combined funding deficit of 拢1 million over the next three years. The government says it gives 拢49 million a year to England's 10 National Park Authorities, but is working with them to find extra sources of funding, particularly through private investment.
Jake Freestone is the winner of the 大象传媒 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.