Traditional farming in changing times - 'The business is called Wild Shepherd which is what we're about really, me and Mum'

Wresting a living from a way of farming that is as old as the hills sees traditional shepherding combined with more modern thinking and, as one mother and daughter team told Gaina Morgan, it is about finding the balance.

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Traditional farming in changing times - 'The business is called Wild Shepherd which is what we're about really, me and Mum'

Wresting a living from a way of farming that is as old as the hills sees traditional shepherding combined with more modern thinking and, as one mother and daughter team told Gaina Morgan, it is about finding...

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