Red Tractor chief executive calls out assurance critics

Red Tractor chief executive Jim Moseley told researchers at the Social Market Foundation they ‘should leave their desks' and join him at an assured farm ‘to see how the scheme really works' and the hard work the UK's farming community puts in

Rachael Brown
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Red Tractor chief executive calls out assurance critics

Red Tractor chief executive Jim Moseley has called out ‘several false claims and misrepresentations' after a recent report published by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) criticised what it called ‘self-regulation'...

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