'Coronavirus will change the way we eat, realigning the British agricultural economy'

It is hard to believe it was only two months ago when newspaper headlines read ‘Britain doesn’t need farmers’, says poultry farmer and owner of Flower Farm farm shop Patrick Deeley. 

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'Coronavirus will change the way we eat, realigning the British agricultural economy'

And I believe that this is an opportunity for us - as farmers and growers - to showcase ourselves and what we do. To re-educate the nation that for nearly every conceivable meal created in the kitchen...

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