Young Farmer Focus - Hannah Buisman: "It is vital that farmers know how to lead teams and their businesses"

Hannah Buisman, 26, is a farmer and vineyard manager from Welwyn in Hertfordshire.

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Hannah farms alongside her parents and partner in Herefordshire. She was a recent recipient of the Farmers Club Charitable Trust Snapshot Studies Fund.
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Hannah farms alongside her parents and partner in Herefordshire. She was a recent recipient of the Farmers Club Charitable Trust Snapshot Studies Fund.

Background: I followed a rather backwards route into farming. I grew up on the family farm, then moved away to study languages at Durham University, before spending a short period abroad. I had planned...

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