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McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Louise Summerson – "My passion for agriculture has been instilled in me from a young age"

Louise Summerson is a young farmer who is part of the McDonald’s Progressive Young Farmer programme

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Louise Summerson

The sense of achievement that I felt the day I received the email with the subject ‘McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer Placement Offer – The Lakes Free Range Eggs' was amazing. The prospect of what was...

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