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Increasing the supply of green energy is one of the major targets for the UK to reach its climate commitments. Wind and solar farms both contribute to that, and have been welcomed by many, but the delivery of that cleaner energy is causing concern, as more pylons and underground cabling have to be built, often through rural areas.
Now, a new film created by Ralph Fiennes and Charles Sturridge, has just been released calling for National Grid to build energy pooling infrastructure off-shore and on brownfield sites rather than across the countryside.
Stephen March farms at Little Hawkesley in Essex in Constable Country - fifty percent of his land will be affected by National Grid's plans to put in underground cables and a pylon......he told me what that means for his family farm

While they're associated with early Summer, the reality is you can buy imported strawberries in the supermarkets all year round.
But thanks to a project which is part-farming, part-engineering, a winter crop of British strawberries is being harvested in Lincolnshire this winter.
大象传媒 Look North's Linsey Smith has been along.

This week, we're looking at animal feed.....When you see livestock out in the field it's easy to think they're all eating the same grass...but you won't be surprised to hear, not all grass is the same. Many farmers are switching away from simple grass mixes, to herbal leys, which are made up of legumes, herbs and grasses.