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Blackcurrant harvest in full swing on Dundee farm

Growing fruit, mainly blackcurrants and apples, is the key focus of the Husband family's farming enterprise. Ewan Pate finds out more

Ewan Pate
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Fraser and Andrew Husband
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Fraser and Andrew Husband

Most evenings from mid-July to early August, a lorry leaves East Adamston Farm near Dundee heading for Somerset. On busy evenings, there are two lorries to load before 6pm. They are all carrying half-tonne bins...

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