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'It is something we really believe in' - Pasture-fed ethos behind couple's farming ambition

After starting their beef and sheep enterprise on a shoestring and building it up through hard work and determination, Oliver and Charlotte Johnson have now taken on a farm business tenancy in Nottinghamshire. Clemmie Gleeson

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'It is something we really believe in' - Pasture-fed ethos behind couple's farming ambition

In the early days they looked into the possibilities of buying a farm together. "But because we were self-employed, we realised we were never going to be able to borrow enough money to do that," says...

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