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Fresh approach is enabling family farm in the Scottish Borders to evolve

The Dobie family, as part of Dunbia鈥檚 Activate Leaders programme, are furthering their sustainable approach to farming to ensure they can meet the demands of both the industry and the environment around them

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Emma Heseltine Armstrong, Soil Association Exchange, Gillon Dobie, Anna Swinson, Dunbia
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Emma Heseltine Armstrong, Soil Association Exchange, Gillon Dobie, Anna Swinson, Dunbia

Abbey Farm, near Duns in the Scottish Borders, has been passed through generations of the Dobie family for 250 years. Gillon Dobie has recently returned home to work alongside his parents, James and Joy,...

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