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	Podcast:		The Food Chain
	Episode:		Extreme Farming
	Category:		Religion & Spirituality
	Duration:		00:26:29
	Publish Date:		2016-06-04 02:32:00
	Description:		How has one of the world’s smallest countries become one of its biggest food producers? This week we visit a tiny nation responsible for the second largest exports of farmed food. Its vegetable, fruit, and livestock farmers are pushing the limits of productivity – how do they get so much food out of so little land? We visit a dairy farm run almost entirely by robots, one of the country’s many industrial-sized greenhouses, and a farm on the roof of a former factory. With the planet’s soaring population, could this country be a model for global farming? Plus, what impact is such intensive farming having on the environment, human health and animal welfare? Presenter: Anna Holligan. Editor: Simon Tulett
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