49 scarecrows take #GetFairAboutFarming protest to Parliament

Installation represents 49 per cent of growers who face losing business owing to supermarket price injustice

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49 scarecrows take #GetFairAboutFarming campaign to Parliament
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49 scarecrows take #GetFairAboutFarming campaign to Parliament

Dozens of scarecrows are ‘protesting' outside the Houses of Parliament today as MPs prepare to debate the unfair treatment of farmers at the hands of major retailers. A total of 49 scarecrows will take...

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