
Glyphosate report, Tenant farming, The Farming Today cow
A new report from the European Food Safety Authority finds the weed killer glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic. The World Health Organisation still disagrees.
A new report from the European Food Safety Authority finds the weed killer glyphosate - present in the widely used product 'Round Up' - is not likely to be carcinogenic. The issue had been raised in a study by the World Health Organisation earlier this year, and its lead scientist disputes EFSA's findings. EFSA will however recommend new, lower safe limits for exposure to glyphosate both for those using it and for residues in food.
Caz Graham meets a farmer who has taken on a second day job to help fund his tenant farm. And we revisit the Farming Today cow - Alkerton Jeeves Sunblest - on farm in Gloucestershire.
The presenter is Charlotte Smith and the producer in Bristol is Sally Challoner.
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