Organic Co-Operative has Proved a Lifeline

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Apig farmer in western Cornwall who had to change his family business for the sake of his wife's health says that a move into organic farming has been a lifeline. Rex and Pat Hosking run Gear Farm in St Martin, near Helston. Once the yard was full of 200 pigs: now, its outbuildings host a co-operative of several small businesses committed to the same cause: organic lifestyle.

Pat Hosking contracted severe allergies 20 years ago and nothing seemed to help. Then, one day she heard a homeopath on the radio describe her symptoms exactly. It appeared that Pat had become increasingly sensitive to man-made chemicals to the point that her body could no longer tolerate them.

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Organic Co-Operative has Proved a Lifeline

"It was very frustrating at the time," she recalled. "After many visits the only things the doctors could com...

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