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Milking goats are creating a sustainable future for Cumbrian upland farm

A switch to organic and a view on succession has led to a change in focus for the Hunter family and their milking goats

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Milking goats are creating a sustainable future for Cumbrian upland farm

Frank Hunter can trace his family's roots back more than 500 years among the moorland and in-bye land around Ravenstonedale, Cumbria. Throughout that half a millennium, however, it is a fairly safe...

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