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OPINION: New entrant or fifth generation 鈥� why is the farming education conversation so divisive?

Why should people be excluded from the farming industry? This week digital editor Emily Ashworth talks about the need for constructive conversation about education and careers

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OPINION: New entrant or fifth generation 鈥� why is the farming education conversation so divisive?

Many have said it cannot be done. Many have tried and not been able to get it across the line, but the tide is turning when it comes to agricultural education. I have worked with Soil Ed, a campaign to...

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