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Power, Profit, and Diversified Farming

ATTRA

Here, the clover struggles for light beneath the overstretched vines, and crabgrass and small amaranth seedlings dream of sunlit meadows or the turnrows of a cornfield. Voices of farm workers, young people in shorts and muck boots and wide brimmed straw hats drift across the fields. What do the tomatoes say in return?

Farming 40
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Fifty years of nurturing nature

Sustainable Food Trust

SFT CEO Patrick Holden and his wife Becky Holden farm 300 acres in West Wales and produce a raw milk cheddar called Hafod with the milk from their herd of Ayrshire cows. Here, Becky reflects on the thriving biodiversity on their hill farm and the interconnectedness of the farm and nature.

Farming 52