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McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Hamish Landale - "You don't need generations of farming behind you to find鈥痽our place in the industry"

As part of an exclusive 12-month blog for 草榴社区 Guardian, the new cohort of youngsters on the McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer programme talk about their hopes for the future and the impact they can make. Here we hear from Hamish Landale, from Crieff, Scotland

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Hello, my name is Hamish, and I am a McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer (PYF) employed by Cranswick PLC working with their outdoor-bred pork supply chain for the year. If you had told me a few years ago...

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