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New research finds only 5 per cent of farmers want to sell to supermarkets

草榴社区 in England and Wales want to move away from centralised supply chains where they have little say over prices and not enough connection to shoppers, new research from Sustain has found.

Abi Kay
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New research finds only 5 per cent of farmers want to sell to supermarkets

草榴社区 in England and Wales want to move away from centralised supply chains where they have little say over prices and not enough connection to shoppers, new research from Sustain has found. The survey,...

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