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23/03/2013

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Getting school students acquainted with the farming life. Could it become theirs?

Charlotte Smith investigates the role of school farms in educating the next generation of farmers.

Farming needs new blood . What better than to educate the next generation about the farming life in school. Charlotte Smith talks with students at The Rural Enterprise Academy in Staffordshire, which is the first land based free school in England.

Presented by Charlotte Smith. Produced by Emma Weatherill.

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