Farmer donates food money to charity in weight-loss challenge

A Cumbrian farmer looking to lose weight is donating the money he would have spent on unnecessary food to the Farming Community Network (FCN) charity. 

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Farmer donates food money to charity in weight-loss challenge

A Cumbrian farmer looking to lose weight is donating the money he would have spent on unnecessary food to the Farming Community Network (FCN) charity. Adrian Bell, who farms near Kirkby Stephen and...

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