- Saturday, September 30, 2023
By: Eastern Eye Staff
by NADEEM BADSHAH SIKH FARMERS GROW SUMMER FRUIT MEET the Paddas – the only Asian family in the UK running a strawberry farm. Makhan Singh Padda worked in foundries, fields, markets and packing houses before turning to agriculture after coming to the UK from India in 1966. He bought Vicarage Nurseries in 1997 in the heart of the English countryside in Bretforton, Worcestershire, and grows strawberries and raspberries. And it is a busy period, with strawberries and cream being the treat of choice for tennis fans watching the likes of Roger Federer and Andy Murray at Wimbledon, which starts on…
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