Extensive diversification safeguards Norfolk farm's future
Luke Paterson of Dilham Hall with one of the glamping pods at Tonnage Bridge - Credit: Chris Hill When Luke Paterson took on his family's farm five years ago, he could not have predicted the economic shocks which were to follow. But despite Brexit, harvest disasters and a worldwide pandemic, the business has thrived - thanks to a diversification strategy which has equipped it with new incomes and the resilience to ride out the storms of an ever-changing industry. Mr Paterson is the fourth generation of his family to farm at Dilham Hall, near North Walsham. He bought his brother Joe ou...