Alex Dunn: 'The industry is also able to offer fulfilling employment'

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Alex Dunn: 'The industry is also able to offer fulfilling employment'

Eight months into her role as farm manager at Forge Mill Farm owned by Sandwell Borough Council in Birmingham, aged 24, Alex Dunn shares her farming experience and why others should consider it too...

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