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Children's charity criticises lack of educational support in SFI

The Country Trust believes the best way to address the divide between consumers and producers is to incentivise farmers to host educational visits for children

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Children's charity criticises lack of educational support in SFI

A children's educational charity has criticised the Government's Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme for not including educational access payments. The Country Trust connects children from areas...

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