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Pippa Woods received a CBE for services to family farming and the rural community.
From the Western Morning News.
Pippa Woods, one of the instigators of the Family Farms Association when it was launched in 1979, has been handed a CBE for her work in the rural community.
Piipa said she hopes the CBE will help bring publicity to the plight of small farmers
The 89-year-old, who lives at Osborne Newton near Aveton Gifford in the South Hams, said she hoped the accolade would highlight the plight of struggling farmers.
Mrs Woods, who with her late husband Bob bought and developed a 112-acre holding in 1955, said she had not expected her devotion to helping struggling farmers to be rewarded.
"I found it rather hard to believe," she said of receiving her letter.
"I am not very interested in personal gravitas but I very much do hope it makes people realise that small farming is something worthwhile.
"The Environment Department, Defra, doesn't care about them – it thinks bigger is better – so it is getting much harder to make a living.
"We need a stronger organisation and are looking for people to join the committee to help run things."
Read more: http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Fun...tory-29386739-detail/story.html#ixzz4BNxhWl3L
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From the Western Morning News.
Pippa Woods, one of the instigators of the Family Farms Association when it was launched in 1979, has been handed a CBE for her work in the rural community.
Piipa said she hopes the CBE will help bring publicity to the plight of small farmers
The 89-year-old, who lives at Osborne Newton near Aveton Gifford in the South Hams, said she hoped the accolade would highlight the plight of struggling farmers.
Mrs Woods, who with her late husband Bob bought and developed a 112-acre holding in 1955, said she had not expected her devotion to helping struggling farmers to be rewarded.
"I found it rather hard to believe," she said of receiving her letter.
"I am not very interested in personal gravitas but I very much do hope it makes people realise that small farming is something worthwhile.
"The Environment Department, Defra, doesn't care about them – it thinks bigger is better – so it is getting much harder to make a living.
"We need a stronger organisation and are looking for people to join the committee to help run things."
Read more: http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Fun...tory-29386739-detail/story.html#ixzz4BNxhWl3L
Follow us: @heraldnewslive on Twitter | theplymouthherald on Facebook