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02/09/2009
Farmland is often allowed to flood to reduce the risk to towns and cities, but Caz Graham hears how that costs us much needed home-grown food.
The severe floods of 2007 not only affected people's homes but also left animals drowned and crops destroyed. Farmland can be used to take water on board to reduce the risk to homes. Caz Graham hears claims from one farmer that not enough is being done to clear our rivers. Farmland needs more protection to ensure we can produce the food we need for the future, he argues.
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Wed 2 Sep 200905:45
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