03 April 2025
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7 min read
Bridget and Martin Whell and their two daughters, Beth and Abi, milk 450 cows on a low-input, grass-based system at Leyonne Farm, near Fowey, Cornwall. Meanwhile, Martin's parents, Hedley and Barbara,...
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Without a deliberate shift towards rural-aware funding, workforce planning and service design, rural disadvantage will deepen: accelerating skills drain, weakening local economies, eroding community resilience and undermining public confidence.
19 March 2026
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1 min read
After the loss of their father, sisters Fiona and Alison Wilshaw stepped up to run their family farm in Cheshire
19 March 2026
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9 min read
Tractors descend on Royal Courts of Justice as eleventh-hour campaign to halt family farm tax begins
17 March 2026
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3 min read
