The Farmer and the Food Bank

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The North West is the only region in England where the number of food bank parcels being given out is increasing, not falling. This is a societal issue that third generation livestock farmer Jim Webster knows all too well. Having taken his farm out of dairy production in the 1990s because of low prices, and lived on next to nothing for several years, he understands personally what it means to live in rural poverty. Alongside running his family farm, he also volunteers for a range of rural poverty charities and committees, advocates for farmers on low incomes, and is the current Chair of Barrow Food Bank. Marie Lennon spent the day with him. Presented and produced by Marie Lennon