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CAREERS: NFU Education's AgriFuture Scholarship helps to build diverse future farming workforce

In a bid to help foster better culture within the industry whilst also encouraging fresh talent from all walks of life into the sector, NFU Education has recently launched the AgriFuture Scholarship Programme in partnership with the British Veterinary Ethnicity and Diversity Society (BVEDS), focusing on diversity and inclusion

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The recent AgriFutures Forum helped to start the conversation around a diverse workforce
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The recent AgriFutures Forum helped to start the conversation around a diverse workforce

Chief education manager at NFU Education Josh Payne says young people should be able to see farming as a viable career for them, and that the industry's stereotypical role models need to shift so that...

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