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Investment needed to 'safeguard' council tenant farms

Importance of tenant farms to rural communities, and the ‘many challenges' tenants faced were highlighted to mid & south Pembrokeshire Labour MP Henry Tufnell at a rent farm visit

Rachael Brown
Chief Reporter
clock • 1 min read
Investment needed to 'safeguard' council tenant farms

Local authorities must invest in their council farms and ‘safeguard' them for future farming generations. This was the key message given to Mid & South Pembrokeshire Labour MP Henry Tufnell at a rent farm...

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