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#OrganicSeptember: Tim May shares his journey from conventional to organic farming

'We should not be having a niggle at regen farmers when actually our future growers and our future members are going to come from that pool of people'

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock 鈥� 3 min read
Tim May says the squabbles between regen and organic need to end
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Tim May says the squabbles between regen and organic need to end

Tim May took over the running Kingsclere Estate near Basingstoke, Berkshire in 2004. A fourth-generation farmer, Mr May says for him, safeguarding the future of the farm - not just for the family but also...

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