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In your field: James Robinson - "Cheaper food you say? Okay, but how are we supposed to do everything else you have asked for?"

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

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In your field: James Robinson - "Cheaper food you say? Okay, but how are we supposed to do everything else you have asked for?"

I will address the elephant in the room straight away, as it has caused the biggest collective shock for the farming community that I have ever known, certainly outside of a major disease outbreak...

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