Dual role of feeding and caring for the nation

As well as helping to feed the nation, members of farming families have also been caring for the sick throughout the Covid-19 crisis. Hannah Binns speaks to some of those juggling two vital roles. 

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Dual role of feeding and caring for the nation

As well as helping to feed the nation, members of farming families have also been caring for the sick throughout the Covid-19 crisis. Hannah Binns speaks to some of those juggling two vital roles...

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