A deputy manager at a nursery has said she was “blown away” after raising more than £25,000 to help a dairy farmer who appeared on Clarkson’s Farm.
Ms Poole has been in touch with Ms Ledbury’s husband Pete, and the team at GoFundMe have made the couple beneficiaries of the online fund.
Ms Ledbury has been able to keep her farm afloat, but the detrimental impact of TB in British farming was explored on Clarkson’s Farm. Ms Poole added that the number of donations on her GoFundMe appeal – more than 1,500 – sends a message about Britons’ support for UK farmers.“I do think Jeremy Clarkson has a lot to do with highlighting some of the problems that British farmers face that maybe the normal, everyday person like myself wouldn’t realise.“Because they just get on with it, they just continue to work.She also said that not in her “wildest dreams” did she expect the level of donations for Ms Ledbury.
“I set it at £10,000 thinking, ‘Oh, well, you know, that might be able to buy a few cows’, because I think cows are quite expensive,” she said.“And I never dreamt that it would ever double – and keep on going.” Ms Poole wrote on her GoFundMe page: “I was moved by the plight of Emma, a dairy farmer whose cattle were struck down by tuberculosis.To find out more, go to:
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