Farming Today - 10/11/26 Food waste, regen root veg, school milk.
Download 10/11/26 Food waste, regen root veg, school milk.
Waste, whether that's in food, farming or other industries, is the focus for COP31, the climate change talks being held in Turkey. Tens of thousands of delegates will meet over the next 10 days, and they'll be discussing ways to reduce the impact of waste on the planet and trying to agree new targets. The Waste and Resources Action Programme, or WRAP, is calling on the COP to formally recognise the damage caused by food waste and to commit to global policies to tackle it.
It's peak season for British-grown root veg - and that's what we're looking at all week. Traditionally crops like carrots, celeriac and beetroot are grown in fertile soils, ploughed and tilled, to create a fine tilth or bed, for sowing seeds and producing consistent crops. One market garden in Gloucestershire is doing the complete opposite, growing 50 types of vegetables in an organic regenerative system. How do you produce root veg in the stony soils of the Cotswolds, without digging?
School milk has been on the menu for generations of pupils, and free or subsidised milk depends on their age and where in the UK they go to school. Now children in Wales may be about to lose the option of their 'free morning milk'. The UK Government's Rural Payments Agency which currently covers the cost says from April 2027 that will be withdrawn. It means the Welsh Government will now have to take over or ditch the provision entirely.
Presenter = Anna Hill
Producer = Rebecca Rooney
Published on Tuesday, 10th November 2026.
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