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OPINION: Avoiding the diversity conversation holds farming back

Digital editor Emily Ashworth explores the idea of diversity, and questions why we are sometimes too quick to shut the conversation down

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OPINION: Avoiding the diversity conversation holds farming back

Diversity. What does it mean to you? The conversation around diversity is one that has been rumbling for a while in agriculture, particularly as social media now allows us to be able to showcase people...

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