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Women's History Month: Lady Eve Balfour - the woman who paved the way for organic farming

In this Women's History month special, Emily Ashworth looks back at Lady Eve Balfour's farming journey, and how she founded the organic farming movement

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Women's History Month: Lady Eve Balfour - the woman who paved the way for organic farming

She may have been born into nobility, but Lady Eve Balfour had her sights set on farming from the young age of 12. And little did she know that she would spearhead such change. Born in 1898, it was in...

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