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The boss of Waitrose has told Farming Today that the value of food needs reappraising and that in some cases higher prices should be considered. It comes as the supermarket announces that from 2035, it鈥檚 UK produced meat, milk, eggs and fruit and veg will come from farms that practice regenerative farming. There is no precise definition for regenerative agriculture, but it focuses on improving soil health by reducing or removing cultivation, growing cover crops to protect the soil and using fewer chemical inputs. It can also involve re-integrating livestock into an arable system. So what will it mean for the 2300 farmers who supply Waitrose?

The Government needs to take 鈥渦rgent action鈥� to meet it鈥檚 own targets for cleaning up our waterways鈥�according to a new report from the Office for Environmental Protection. The Government has committed to bring 77% of England鈥檚 surface water bodies, like rivers and lakes, to a good ecological condition by 2027鈥�but the OEP says without a significant strengthening in the enforcement of environmental law, that figure will be more like 21%.

More than 500 workers at a tractor factory in Basildon in Essex are to go on strike across the next three weeks over pay. The CNH factory produces New Holland tractors that are shipped all around the world.

And our European road trip continues with a hunt for the farmer who produces the world's most expensive ham.

Presented by Caz Graham
Produced for 大象传媒 Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons