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Young Farmer Focus - Thorne Stopps: "I recall always having an admiration for local farmers"

Thorne Stopps, 22, is from Tunbridge Wells in Kent. He is studying a BSc top-up in agricultural management at the Royal Agricultural University.

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"My hope for the future is one where farming is at the forefront, food security is paramount, and it is down to us to work symbiotically with the natural world to protect the planet we have whilst keeping the world fed."
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"My hope for the future is one where farming is at the forefront, food security is paramount, and it is down to us to work symbiotically with the natural world to protect the planet we have whilst keeping the world fed."

I was born and raised on the outskirts of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, and, although I am not from a farming background, I recall always having an admiration for local farmers, something that must have stuck...

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