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Farming charity trains Government agencies on empathy

Farming Community Network said it hoped the delivery of wellbeing training to bodies such as the Animal and Plant Health Agency and Natural England would lead to more empathetic conversations with farmers

Rachael Brown
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Farming charity trains Government agencies on empathy

Government agencies have received training from the Farming Community Network (FCN) after farmers felt many ‘lack empathy'. FCN said it hoped the delivery of wellbeing training to bodies such as the...

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