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14/12/2014

The rural news magazine for those who live and work in the Welsh countryside explores saving food from the bin and what a peat bog in Carmarthenshire can reveal about the past.

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Mon 15 Dec 201405:30

Food Waste, Boat Building and a Peat Bog

Food Waste, Boat Building and a Peat Bog

Food Waste - At a time of festive indulgence we look at the growing levels of food waste and the campaigners doing their bit to help us save money, save the environment and reduce the amount of food that ends up being thrown away.

Anchors away - the boat-building industry has dwindled over the years, leaving only a handful of companies around the Welsh coast. Rachael Garside visits one family firm which is reversing the decline - Swallow Boats are building a boating dream in Cardigan.

Dung Beetles and farming - the Welsh scientist releasing thousands of beetles onto farms in Wales and recording the way they break down manure to enrich the soil, potentially saving millions for our agriculture industry.

And exploring the bog on Figyn Common ......An unexpected depth of peat that contains thousands of years of evidence of climate change, plant and animal changes, how human activity has altered and even clues to volcanic activity in other parts of the world

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  • Sun 14 Dec 201407:00
  • Mon 15 Dec 201405:30

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