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Bold approach to salad production reaps rewards

Kent-based Thanet Earth is the UK’s leading salad producer. Jane Thynne visited to learn about the business which blends production with innovation and conservation

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 9 min read
Rob James and Sally Channon with the CLA Emsden Trophy the company won for its environmental and conservation work.
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Rob James and Sally Channon with the CLA Emsden Trophy the company won for its environmental and conservation work.

It is not often on a farm visit you are met by a security guard who asks to see your documentation and then directs you to a car park ‘about a mile' down the road. But Thanet Earth is not just your...

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