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Schoolchildren learn valuable farming lessons

Children from five primary schools in Sussex and Surrey have taken part in a new local scheme designed to encourage greater understanding of farming.

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Schoolchildren learn valuable farming lessons

Children from five primary schools in Sussex and Surrey have taken part in a new local scheme designed to encourage greater understanding of farming. Entitled Loan a Lamb, the initiative, organised...

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