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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: ideasguy on February 12, 2006, 11:51:46 AM
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Anybody watch this program?
Sunday morning, BBC1, 11:00 am.
If you are out at Church, its worth setting up the video recorder
Its really good!
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Heres a link to the programme guide:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/countryfile/
Recommended!
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Great program.
Tonight, one of the subjects was how much farmers produce (Cauliflower, Broccoli, Carrots etc) gets ploughed back into the ground because it doesn't match the "standards" set by supermarkets.
Some reasons: A little brown spot of dirt on a cauliflower :o , cauliflower too BIG :o and broccoli too wide in the stem :o :o
Anyone else watch this program? Highly recommended.
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not seen the programme but here there was a programme with richard corrigan a chef, and he was helping people set up allotments and he went to a grower who grew leeks and he had to plough them back into the field due to supermarkets buying in veg from abroad, which meant he was priced out of the market, what awaste of time and money for the farmer, they even showed other produce classed as no good for the same reasons as you mentioned
Not gonna name any supermarket, incase i get banned from them ;D, but they have a section for irish grown produce and i was looking through it one day picked up a bag of carrots grown in spain, kept on looking and their were various products grown outside of this country yet placed in the area for irish grown produce, so my question is if you saw this area with a banner "support your irsh farmer, irish grown produce" would you check the packaging on the product to make sure ?
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Countryfile is on here now on Sunday evening, anywhere between 1800 and 20.00. Country Tracks is on on Sunday mornings and is repeats of items from Country File. The weeks weather forecast is on at the endish of each one.