NSA slams celebrities for 'misleading' statements about sheep farming

Sweeping about agriculture made by celebrities such as Ricky Gervais and Chris Packham ’fail to notice the positive relationship between UK sheep farming and the environment’, the National Sheep Association has

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
clock • 1 min read
NSA slams celebrities for 'misleading' statements about sheep farming

Sweeping statements about agriculture made by celebrities such as Ricky Gervais, Joanna Lumley, Deborah Meaden, Billie Eilish and Chris Packham 'fail to notice the positive relationship between UK sheep...

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