More than 50 per cent suggest they do not know a farmer in a Martin Lewis Twitter poll

Only 8.1 per cent of 20,831 voters said they were a customer of a farmer

Chris Brayford
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Money expert Martin Lewis said the aim of the poll had been to see how connected people were to UK agriculture
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Money expert Martin Lewis said the aim of the poll had been to see how connected people were to UK agriculture

More than 50 per cent of people ‘do not know a farmer' according to a poll from money expert Martin Lewis. The Founder of the British consumer finance information and discussion website MoneySavingExpert.com...

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