Young Farmer Focus - Amelia Greenway: "Our aim is to improve the conservation of rare breeds"

Amelia Greenway, 24, is a first-generation tenant farmer from Exeter in Devon. She writes about her passion to improve the conservation of rare breeds and why she is proud to support the Nature Friendly Farming Network

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"My dad's passion for organic farming was a major influence on my outlook. He championed grass-fed, free-range animals within organic systems." (Joanne Coates)
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"My dad's passion for organic farming was a major influence on my outlook. He championed grass-fed, free-range animals within organic systems." (Joanne Coates)

I run Springwater Farm, an organic and Pasture For Life-certified business, alongside my husband Jason and our two young children. We are first-generation farmers with 150 Highland cattle and 50 Mangalitza...

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