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Why Riverford will not be joining the stampede of regressive businesses rejecting progress & necessary change
Although many BPOC communities possess significant agricultural knowledge, inherited from ancestors overseas or in the vibrant 'playground' of British allotments, they find themselves cut off from farming in the UK by racialised structural barriers.
Feeling connected to a place and its traditions is possible alongside a connection to cultural heritage on your own terms, speakers discuss at Oxford Real Farming Conference.
I would urge the gardeners amongst you to resist the eugenic rush for genetic uniformity, embrace diversity, and keep the open-pollinated varieties alive.
For Black History Month, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, tells Nina Pullman about his journey to farm ownership as a Black immigrant and why farming needs more diversity.
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