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Salad growers are warning that price increases for electricity will drive people out of the sector. Growers in the Lea Valley on the edge of London say they have large electricity connections for times of heavy use, but often use much less power. Since 2022 they've been charged based not only on what they use, but also on the size of the connection, and they say that from April next year those standing charges will effectively double. They say they should have government support to help meet the cost, like other sectors which are intensive users of energy.

Carrots are the nation's聽favourite vegetable, regularly eaten by around three quarters of us and worth nearly 拢300 million a year in sales .聽They are in season in the UK nearly all year round thanks to specialised聽 growing聽techniques, including overwintering them in fields. Right now farmers are working hard to get them covered up before聽the first frosts. We visit a farm in the Vale of York as a layer of straw is put over the crop to protect it.聽聽

Zebra mussels, mink, floating pennywort and the Asian hornet - what they all have in common is that they are all here in the UK, but they shouldn't be. This week we are looking at invasive species. There are 2000 non native species in Great Britain, about 200 of them are classed as invasive and the Animal and Plant Health Agency, the government agency which works to tackle them, says14 new ones are identified every year.

Presenter = Charlotte Smith
Producer = Rebecca Rooney