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Young Cornish farmer is fifth generation to take mixed family farm into the future

Maria Warne-Elston lives and breathes farming, and as her family have done before her, she is determined to carry on the farm. Emily Ashworth finds out more

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Young Cornish farmer is fifth generation to take mixed family farm into the future

Young farmer Maria Warne-Elston may be the fifth generation to farm on the family farm in Cornwall, but her farming lineage goes all the way back to the 1600s. It is this heritage that drives Maria, 24,...

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