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Very exciting to be here. But im trying to understand what has happened to this land of yours, because when you arrived here, this was an intensively farmed land, wasnt it . It was. My husband, charlie, inherited it from his grandparents when he was in his early 20s, and this was back in the 1980s. And every inch of the land was ploughed, it was producing arable crops and dairy. And we fully expected to be farmers for the rest of our lives. Mm. 17 years on, we were £1. 5 million in debt, tearin...

ah, well, its actually still, for me, very exciting to be here. but im trying to understand what has happened to this land of yours, because when you arrived here, this was an intensively farmed land, wasnt it? it was. my husband, charlie, inherited it from his grandparents when he was in his early 20s, and this was back in the 1980s. and every inch of the land was ploughed, it was producing arable crops and dairy. and we fully expected to be farmers for the rest of our lives. mm. 17 y...

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Its considered good for nothing. but its one of the most biodiverse habitats we have. thorny scrub is just amazing for wildlife. i know you had cattle as part of your intensive farming. youve kept some cattle. not the dairy cows we had, because they probably wouldnt be able to survive out here now. theyre such a modern breed. so what weve chosen is old english longhorns — we might see some of them — but theyre amazing. and they look very much like their extinct ancestor, the aurochs, with th...

Veuve Clicquot has selected 6 entrepreneurial women as finalists for the annual Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award in South Africa. 

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The Great Yorkshire Show is back this year with a variety of agricultural events across four days - here is a full schedule of what to expect.

The Great Yorkshire Show is back this year with a variety of agricultural events across four days - here is a full schedule of what to expect.