How one Essex grower is using a multi-pronged approach to farm more sustainably

Essex farmer and advocate of no-till farming Simon Cowell hopes that the new decade will bring Government support for growers to pursue sustainable farming practices more widely.

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How one Essex grower is using a multi-pronged approach to farm more sustainably

Essex farmer and advocate of no-till farming Simon Cowell hopes that the new decade will bring Government support for growers to pursue sustainable farming practices more widely. A different way of...

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