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More Than Food is the Farm Retail Association's new campaign to highlight the vital role farm shops play. Emily Ashworth finds out more

The 2025 Diversification (Small/Medium) of the Year finalists have been selected because of their ability to thrive through farm businesses that no longer operate behind a closed gate, looking to add value to their enterprise regardless of the size and scale of their business

For award-winners David Newman and Tracy Russell, the future of farming must involve smaller farms that are embedded in the community offering fresh and wholesome produce – something they have been doing for nearly 20 years

Achieving a sustainable easily managed system is the aim of the Dilks family on their Peak District farm

For one Yorkshire pig farmer, gaining control of the supply chain was key in driving her free-range pig enterprise forward and diversifying into a butchery, farm shop and cafe

Young farmer Billy Matthews writes about running his own business, Billy's Farm, and his passions for showing people how hard farmers work to produce food

Public Health Wales has launched an investigation after 74 people were struck down with a virus

New figures released by rural insurer NFU Mutual have revealed more than two-thirds of farm shops have faced rural crime over past 12 months with 50% saying they had been a victim of crime on more than three occasions within that same period

NFU Mutual said half of those surveyed said they had been a victim of crime on more than three occasions within that same period