Four Scottish farms work together to create stronger future - 'spreading the costs, workload and risk is the only way forward'

Matt Waldie is spearheading a new kind of farm collaboration that is helping to drive his family farm forwards. Farmers Guardian finds out more.

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Two heads are better than one they say and, in this case, four heads are much better than two. Matt Waldie is the farm manager of forward-thinking farming social-collaborative, 4 Front Farming Co, which...

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