Micro dairy allows farmer to pursue passion - 'I have finally got there'

If there is one thing Florence Mannerings has a passion for, it is the dairy industry. Hayley Parrott meets her to find out how she has managed to pursue her dream

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Florence Mannering

Having spent her entire life growing up on her parent's county council dairy farm, Florence Mannerings remembers how ‘horrifically hard' the upheaval of moving away was when the family were served their...

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