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In your field: James Robinson - "Whatever we wear, it is turning up to these events that makes a difference"

Happy New Year to you all. The start of the year has kicked off conference season, with both the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) and Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) being held simultaneously

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James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his family. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network.
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James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his family. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network.

I was down there for ORFC, so I wore jeans and a t-shirt with a suitably eco-warrior message about nature heroes across the front. Those who went to OFC were seen in the pubs later on in a suit and...

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