Synopsis
Liz Bonnin investigates the polluting impact of pig manure from factory farms.
- Programme: Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2019
- Geography | Rural environments | Farming | Farming and the environment
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