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	Podcast:		Farming Today
	Episode:		11/08/23 Grouse shooting season, the Kenyan Pig Farmer, Emily McGowan's 2050 vision
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:13:32
	Publish Date:		2023-08-11 05:00:00
	Description:		The guns will be out on the moors for the Glorious Twelfth tomorrow, the first day of the grouse shooting season. We ask what’s the appeal and as more landowners ban grouse shooting, what kind of a future does it have. Flavian Obiero moved to the UK from Kenya as a teenager, and was bitten by the farming bug after a stint of work experience on a farm near Basingstoke. Charlotte Smith visits Tynefield farm to find out how the new venture is going. All this week we’ve been speaking to people about their visions for 2050 when, if the Government hits its target, the UK will have reached net zero emissions of the greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. Today we hear from a young farmer who you may have seen on TV because she makes video diaries about her farming life for the BBC’s Countryfile programme. Emily McGowan is gradually taking responsibility for the family farm just west of Strangford Loch in County Down, Northern Ireland. Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Beatrice Fenton.
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