Options for farmers locked out of Sustainable Farming Incentive, food security report, & is there a future for lab-grown meat?

Just why did the government close its flagship agri-environment scheme without warning?

We examine the options for farmers unable to join Defra's Sustainable Farming Incentive.

A new study says the government must take food security and sustainable farming much more seriously.

Published by the Food, Farming & Countryside Commission, the report is called Paying the Price: Cheap food, big business and the cost to farming and food security.

And we ask: Is there really a future for lab grown meat?

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom.

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