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Lucy de la Pasture

How I make it work: By teamwork and hard work. Basically, Mike, my partner, is a fantastic support

The editor of Crop Production Magazine manages to juggle seven horses with runninga business which makes plantbased, natural products for horses

My job…

I’m never happier than when I’m creating things, and I have been lucky enough to bring this into my working life, where I wear two different hats— one creates using words and the other formulates products for horses using plant magic.

I work full time as an agricultural journalist and as editor of Crop Production Magazine (which comes from the same stable as Your Horse). As its name suggests, my day job involves talking to farmers, researchers and agronomists about growing crops, the soil, pests and diseases, agritech and plant breeding. And then comes the bit I love — writing the articles.

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