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In your field: James and Isobel Wright - "The tragedy in all this, however, is what's that got to do with producing food?"

James and Isobel, with their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as UK country manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm

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In your field: James and Isobel Wright - "The tragedy in all this, however, is what's that got to do with producing food?"

We have moved to Devon from Sussex where we had been farming at the bottom of the Downs and, towards the end of June, grass would start to go brown and growth rates would drop. You'd have to defer enough...

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