{"id":1502,"date":"2012-09-26T20:39:06","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T20:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coopsy.co.uk\/thenews\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2012-10-26T16:52:53","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T16:52:53","slug":"1502","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-news.uk\/index.php\/politics-2\/2012\/09\/1502\/","title":{"rendered":"NFU\/FDF with David Heath MP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Endangered badger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The National Farmers’ Union and the Food and Drink Federation hosted a fringe meeting in Brighton as part of the Liberal Democrat conference attended by David Heath MP, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food, \u00a0Tim Farron MP, and Baroness Parminter, Liberal Democrat Lords Defra spokesperson.<\/p>\n

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Farm Cow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cute furry animals or dangerous pests?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Subjects ranged fromt the Common Agricultural Policy to the highly contraversial proposals to cull badgers believed to spread the disease TB.<\/p>\n

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At the end the Minister kindly gave the-news.co<\/em> the following interview.<\/p>\n