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Beyond the bread and butter 鈥� multiple income streams baked into success of organic arable farm

Organic conversion more than two decades ago has enabled an East Yorkshire farm to evolve and diversify to secure a sustainable future for the family

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Beyond the bread and butter 鈥� multiple income streams baked into success of organic arable farm

Sisters Hester Webb and Jessica Ledger are the sixth generation involved in their family farm in East Yorkshire. When they both flew the nest, first to university and then on to demanding careers 鈥�...

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