Community farm in 'huge distress' due to vandalism

A community farm in Herefordshire has said it is in "huge distress" after it suffered "another spate of vandalism".

Southside Farm in Belmont is run by Growing Local, a community interest company (CIC), and said it had reported the incident to police after finding "many holes" in its garden polytunnels.

A spokesperson for the group also said there was evidence of a barrel fire inside the tunnels.

They added that their new field kitchen had been broken into a "few times" and people had caused damage and destruction to their equipment.

In a statement, published on Facebook, the spokesperson said: "This is expensive to us - and highly dangerous. The police have been informed.

"We are, as you know, a community organisation and vandalism like this costs us money in repairs and time to rectify.

"More importantly, it causes huge distress to our staff, volunteers and users."

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