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Extensive grazing practices are having an identifiable and beneficial impact upon the floristic composition of pastures and producing lamb with more Vitamin E, less skatoles (which tend to spoil flavour) and higher levels of healthy fatty acids. Traditional beef breeds like the Longhorn were better suited to biodiverse pastures and yielded higher quality meat. Producers were engaging in alternative outlets like local shops, farmers markets and web sales and in a number of instances this has permitted increases in on-farm employment
