BBC 2’s Harvest 2013

The BBC’s new 3–part farming series Harvest started on BBC2 on 11th September and has received plaudits from the farming community and the non-farming community alike, except for The Guardian‘s review (but we’ll gloss over that). In fact, some farmers even said that they had learned something from the programme themselves.

The first hour-long episode entitled ‘Vegetables: The Goodness of the Earth’ focused on Andrew Burgess’s Produce World Farm in Peterborough. Other features included a farm where they grow tomatoes all year round and an innovative use of LEDs. The programme also looked at the devastating impact of the extreme weather conditions in 2012 that destroyed millions of pounds worth of crops.

The second show aired on 12th September will focus on cereals and the final show on 13th September will look at the fruit farming industry.

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