Balancing nature-friendly farming with productivity in the High Weald AONB

Tenant farmers Bob Felton and Liz Wallis are committed custodians of a Sussex farm with ancient woodland, rolling hills and a 17th-century farmhouse

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Liz Wallis and Bob Felton
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Liz Wallis and Bob Felton

Bob Felton and Liz Wallis are passionate about the countryside and farming in a nature-friendly way. Tenancy They have held the tenancy at Twyford Farm on the doorstep of Ashdown Forest in the High...

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