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Young Farmer Focus - Katy Walsh: "The pressures of rural isolation and responsibility can be overwhelming"

Warwickshire Young ²ÝÁñÉçÇø' Club county chair Katy Walsh discusses how she fell in love with farming and the countryside, the challenge of leading a Young ²ÝÁñÉçÇø' Club, and overcoming rural isolation

Chris Brayford
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Katy Walsh, 25, is from Rugby in Warwickshire. She is currently serving as county chair at Warwickshire Young ²ÝÁñÉçÇø' Club.
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Katy Walsh, 25, is from Rugby in Warwickshire. She is currently serving as county chair at Warwickshire Young ²ÝÁñÉçÇø' Club.

I did not grow up on a traditional working farm, but I was always surrounded by rural life. My mother is a farmer's daughter and grew up on a farm and my father worked on another local farm for many...

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