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Young Farmer Focus - Daisy Fossett: "We became the UK's first and only camel dairy"

Daisy Fossett writes about her life as a camel farmer in the UK

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Warwickshire-based camel farmer Daisy Fossett said: "Camel milk is a popular superfood in the Middle East, and diversification into a dairy always felt like the next step."
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Warwickshire-based camel farmer Daisy Fossett said: "Camel milk is a popular superfood in the Middle East, and diversification into a dairy always felt like the next step."

Growing up on a camel farm in the Warwickshire countryside is a childhood unlike most. My father comes from one of the oldest circus families in the UK, Fossett's, and trained wild animals by trade...

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