Farms: FARMING IN THE DESERT - COLOUR

Fresh dairy milk used to be a special treat for the children of Saudi Arabia, but now a new intensive Farming System has meant that it is readily available. The Mastock System was developed in Ireland by Alistair and Patrick McGuckian. The cattle are kept in specially designed houses and fed from crops of grass and barley grown on nearby stretches of continuously irrigated land. The slurry from the cattle-houses is used as fertiliser thus completing the cycle and making once barren land highly productive. The farms also have their own pasteurising and packaging planting. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/9fbdd467250d4ca8abf35f2e46dce96b Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork