CAREERS: Scholarship encourages diversity in farming - "I had only set foot on-farm on school trips"

The Oxford Farming Conference’s Breaking Barriers Programme has a new cohort of scholars for 2025

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CAREERS: Scholarship encourages diversity in farming - "I had only set foot on-farm on school trips"

The Oxford Farming Conference's (OFC) Breaking Barriers Programme has a new cohort of scholars for 2025. The scholarship supports individuals under the age of 30 who identify as Black or Person of Colour...

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