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Antek, Denisa and Vendula, seasonal workers from the Czech Republic hoeing weeds in the brassica fields of South Lincolnshire. Weeding, needing the application of the eye to determine between the crop and invasive plants is one of the few agricultural tasks that has yet to be mechanised or automated.
New Roots, Old Soil
Farm workers harvesting cabbages during a rain storm near Sibsey, Lincolnshire. Leafy vegetables like cabbages, kale and cauliflower are pulled in the early winter when the first frosts come. Known as the Brassica season, much of the working day is spent in the wet and cold.
A demonstration in Boston, Lincolnshire, calling the invocation of Article 50, which would initiate the process of the UK leaving the EU. It was finally granted by PM Teresa May on 29th March 2017 sending a formal notification to the European Council, triggering the two-year period for withdrawal negotiations .
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Migrant workers harvesting cabbages near Boston, Lincolnshire during a rainstorm.
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Migrant workers harvesting cabbages near Boston, Lincolnshire during a rainstorm.
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©Si Barber Moral rights asserted. Workers from Eastern Europe shopping in Boston.
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©Si Barber Moral rights asserted. Conservative candidate and incumbent MP, Matt Warman campaining in Boston, Lincolnshire, UK
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©Si Barber Moral rights asserted. Conservative candidate and incumbent MP, Matt Warman campaining in Boston, Lincolnshire, UK