![Jake Leighton, who is currently studying at Barnsley College's Wigfield Farm campus, said: "It is often a big challenge [getting into farming], and some people think you need to be born into it, but I want to show that anyone can find their way in."](https://image.chitra.live/api/v1/wps/b6f270e/fcabdcb0-3b20-4850-9030-af40527ff4a0/1/jake-leighton-1-679x419.jpeg "Jake Leighton, who is currently studying at Barnsley College's Wigfield Farm campus, said: \"It is often a big challenge [getting into farming], and some people think you need to be born into it, but I want to show that anyone can find their way in.\"")
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Jake Leighton, who is currently studying at Barnsley College's Wigfield Farm campus, said: "It is often a big challenge [getting into farming], and some people think you need to be born into it, but I want to show that anyone can find their way in."
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