John Hardy says he has lost hundreds of pounds after his potatoes have been taken without payment.
A Lincolnshire farmer said he had been left feeling “sick” after hundreds of pounds worth of potatoes have been stolen from his honesty stall.
John Hardy, 71, has a stand at the bottom of his farm at Anton’s Gowt, near Boston, for the public to buy potatoes in exchange for putting £2 in a box.Mr Hardy said people need to have “more of a conscience on them” and taking them without paying is “disgusting”. He set up the stall five years ago and said he has always suffered some losses, but not on the scale he has encountered in recent months.“I just hope people will see sense because I really don’t want to pack this job up,” he said.“It’s very frustrating that this is the culture we live in where people aren’t as honest and good as they used to be.Local resident Josephine Allen, 43, has created an online appeal to help Mr Hardy recuperate some of his losses.
Ms Allen describes the people stealing from Mr Hardy as “low lives” and she does not want to see the end of the traditional way of selling farm produce. “I want to restore a bit of faith in humanity by supporting our British farmers, instead they’re getting stolen from," she said.Plans approved for legal graffiti wallsClub hopes expansion plan will improve TV coverage
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