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Young Farmer Focus - Peter Medler: "Children need to learn about food and farming from a young age"

Former Royal Agricultural University student Peter Medler said getting farming into schools could help overcome the barrier between consumers and where their food comes from

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Peter Medler, farm manager at Billockby Farms Ltd, said: "Let them [the public] see what we do, day in and day out. Public education is equally vital."
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Peter Medler, farm manager at Billockby Farms Ltd, said: "Let them [the public] see what we do, day in and day out. Public education is equally vital."

I grew up in a family-run farming and haulage business in Norfolk. After leaving school, I studied agriculture for two years at Easton College, followed by a three-year degree at the Royal Agricultural...

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