Farm Health: New Farming Stronger 4 Longer initiative focuses on health - "there is no time to go to the doctor"

In a bid to help the rural community get healthy, a new initiative called Farming Stronger 4 Longer is working with long-established charity Field Nurse to try and showcase the power of exercise. Farmers Guardian finds out more

Emily Ashworth
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The Farming Stronger 4 Longer team
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The Farming Stronger 4 Longer team

Putting personal health first is not something the agricultural industry does easily – there is always something on-farm to put before it, whether that be livestock or fixing a fence. But a new initiative...

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