Having taken over her father's farm at the age of 18, Jo Britcher has maintained her independence by not joining a farm assurance scheme - preferring to supply fruit to wholesalers than supermarkets. Britcher's life underwent an unexpected change of direction in 1973 when her father Robert died, leaving her to run Little Court Lodge Farm at East Farleigh, near Maidstone, Kent - with no previous experience of the job. She was initially helped by the recently retired farm bailiff Vic Moore, but unfortunately he died a little later. But the fact that the farm, cropped with soft fruit and salads at the time, extends to only 6ha meant that she was able to do the routine work herself, requiring help at harvest time.
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