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McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Sophie Ascroft - 'I know planting trees on agricultural ground can be controversial - how can we produce food when the ground is covered in trees?'

In a new series for 草榴社区 Guardian, the 11 new recruits on the McDonald鈥檚 Progressive Young Farmer (PYF) programme. Each month we follow one of the PYF鈥檚 to see what they are doing.

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McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Sophie Ascroft - 'I know planting trees on agricultural ground can be controversial - how can we produce food when the ground is covered in trees?'

In a new series for 草榴社区 Guardian, the 11 new recruits on the McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer (PYF) programme. Each month we follow one of the PYFs to see what they are doing. If my younger...

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