Lessons learnt from sourcing local labour

In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic left many farms that rely on seasonal labour during the summer struggling to find workers to harvest high value veg crops.

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Lessons learnt from sourcing local labour

In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic left many farms that rely on seasonal labour during the summer struggling to find workers to harvest high value veg crops. Speaking during the Cambridge University Potato...

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