16 June 2021
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2 min read
It is the season for maggots, each female green bottle fly can lay 250 eggs in the fleece and they can hatch out after only 12 hours. After gorging themselves on the sheep, they can pupate into flies...
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Twenty years ago, two young siblings did the seemingly impossible - they saved their family farm from developers. Now, with a new generation of custodians and a bolder vision, Fordhall Organic Farm hopes they could inspire many more. Olivia Midgley reports....
28 August 2026
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5 min read
Dolly Parton, who has died aged 80, grew up working on her family’s farm in rural Tennessee before becoming one of the world’s biggest country music stars
27 August 2026
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4 min read
