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Farming in the shadow of volcanoes

Six thousand miles away and 3,000m above sea level it might be, but talk around the farmhouse table at Hacienda La Alegria, Ecuador, features familiar themes. Liz Falkingham reports.

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Farming in the shadow of volcanoes

Six thousand miles away and 3,000m above sea level it might be, but talk around the farmhouse table at Hacienda La Alegria, Ecuador, features familiar themes. Liz Falkingham reports. When dairy farmer...

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