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Organic conversion and shift to direct selling transforms Derbyshire farm

Achieving a sustainable easily managed system is the aim of the Dilks family on their Peak District farm

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Organic conversion and shift to direct selling transforms Derbyshire farm

The move to direct selling has been the saviour of a small, tenanted dairy farm in the Peak District. The Dilks family were struggling to see a way forward for Home Farm a decade ago, but now they are...

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