Home-grown labour series: Making farming attractive to domestic workers

How can agriculture attract and retain more British employees? Emma Penny reports, kicking off a new seven-part series looking at how businesses in different farming sectors are winning over the domestic workforce.

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Home-grown labour series: Making farming attractive to domestic workers

How can agriculture attract and retain more British employees? Emma Penny reports, kicking off a new seven-part series looking at how businesses in different farming sectors are winning over the domestic...

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