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Skills shortage excludes urban growers from scaling up production

A lack of training, access and opportunity is barring urban horticulturists from becoming commercial growers, a House of Lords committee has been told

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A lack of opportunity is preventing urban growers scaling up production
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A lack of opportunity is preventing urban growers scaling up production

Speaking to the Lords' Horticulture Sector Committee, Steph Wetherell, co-ordinator of Bristol Food Producers told members that while there was an increase in community projects across the country that...

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