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Debbie Wilkins is a British farmer. Her farm, the Norton Court Farm in the Severn Vale in Gloucestershire, is a mixed dairy, beef and arable farm.
Debbie grew up on the farm and later inherited it from her father, and floods have always been part of her life, but the changes in weather over the last decade or so have made things a little more complicated.
Some neighbours have stopped farming altogether because large amounts of their land was underwater for too much of the year. When we went to visit, she showed us around and explained how she’s farming in ways that build resilience against the increasing frequency and intensity of floods and how changes in weather have impacted her, her farm and her life.
Debbie Wilkins is a British farmer. Her farm, the Norton Court Farm in the Severn Vale in Gloucestershire, is a mixed dairy, beef and arable farm.
Debbie grew up on the farm and later inherited it from her father, and floods have always been part of her life, but the changes in weather over the last decade or so have made things a little more complicated.
Some neighbours have stopped farming altogether because large amounts of their land was underwater for too much of the year. When we went to visit, she showed us around and explained how she’s farming in ways that build resilience against the increasing frequency and intensity of floods and how changes in weather have impacted her, her farm and her life.