Young Farmer Focus - Poppy Whyman-Naveh: "I never see farmers get the attention they deserve"

"I really think that farmers deserve more attention; I think we [farmers] are just expected to produce food for people to eat and get on with it without any real thanks"

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Poppy Whyman-Naveh, 15, is student from Sherbourne in Norfolk. She also works at Shadowthorpe Farm Shop in Creake Abbey.
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Poppy Whyman-Naveh, 15, is student from Sherbourne in Norfolk. She also works at Shadowthorpe Farm Shop in Creake Abbey.

I have always been involved with farming as my dad used to be a dairy farmer and I have grown up on a smallholding since I was young. We have around 80 sheep, lots of chickens, and nine horses and ponies,...

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