Rural poverty, Ham and mushrooms
Last updated: 03 October 2010
Country Focus - Sunday 3rd October at 07.00am presented by Rachael James. (Repeated Monday 4th October at 0530)
Tackling issues of living in the countryside - the Rural Hub seminars which will be addressing the issues of poverty, coping with animal disease and affordable housing.
Busy and happy pigs are clearing the land around a Shepherd's Cottage in the Clwydian Hills.
Dry-salt cured and then air dried - Carmarthen Ham goes for PGI status.
It's peak time for wild mushrooms but pickers be warned - should the inexperienced stay clear or are we missing out on the benefits of foraging for fungi.
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