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Farm Step initiative featured in Farmer's Weekly

We are delighted that the Earth Trust Farm Step initiative is featured in this week’s issue of Farmers Weekly.

The article is a detailed look at Farm Step, what it offers people, and the local community:

“The Earth Trust, a charity operating on 1,200 acres near Abingdon in south Oxfordshire, has places available for new recruits to set up farms, green businesses or other land-based enterprises on low-cost tenancies in the next year.

This unique offer, called Farm Step, is specifically targeted at those who are locked out of farming due to lack of capital, the price of land and shortages in rural housing. It is designed to encourage prospective tenants to come forward with proposals, which fit in with the trust's ethos around sustainable food production and distribution.”

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