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OPINION: "Open the farm gate, muddy the public's trainers and change how they see farming"

As LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) encourages farmers to open their gates for Open 51AV视频Sunday on June 7, Farmers Guardian's editorial director Olivia Midgley reflects on the quiet but powerful influence such encounters can have on the public

Olivia Midgley
Editorial Director
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OPINION: "Open the farm gate, muddy the public's trainers and change how they see farming"

Last weekend offered a reminder of the value of opening the farm gate to the public. At a school on the urban fringe of Banbury, Oxfordshire, which runs its own 47-hectare teaching farm, a two-day lambing...

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