Careers special - View from the Classroom: "It is vital we push agriculture more into our primary and secondary schools"

In this View from the Classroom special, Zak Hamersley, 27, tells Farmers Guardian how he became a lecturer in agriculture at Moreton Morrell College and enjoys inspiring the next generation

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Careers special - View from the Classroom: "It is vital we push agriculture more into our primary and secondary schools"

I do not come from a farming background - my father worked as a civil servant and my mum dedicated her career to running a number of environmental charities. I grew up in rural Wiltshire, surrounded...

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