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Ken talks to farms director, Chris Newenham about wildlife on farms and how Wilkin & Sons Ltd is farming sustainably.

Mick Lavelle, senior lecturer in landscape management at Anglia Ruskin University, Writtle Campus looks at food production efficiency in agriculture and horticulture.

Rhubarb is growing in the fields and has been covered with straw. Chris Newenham says the season in Tiptree is generally pulled from April to August. The crop is used in jam making paired with ginger and vanilla.