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McDonald's Progressive Young 草榴社区: Laura Beaton - 'When customers buy a burger in McDonald's, the hundreds of people involved in its production are rarely considered'

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.

Emily Ashworth
Digital Editor
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Laura Beaton
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Laura Beaton

Coming from a family farm in North Yorkshire, where my parents diversified from farming, running a farm shop and outside catering business for 22 years until they closed last September due to increasing...

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