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A lottery winner has given out thousands of potatoes from her farm to help deal with food shortages caused by coronavirus panic-buying.A lottery winner has given out thousands of potatoes from her farm to help deal with food shortages caused by coronavirus panic-buying.
Susan Herdman, 51, hand-picked the vegetables before giving them free of a charge to people in North Yorkshire. Susan Herdman, 51, hand-picked the vegetables before giving them free of charge to people in North Yorkshire.
She delivered spuds to self-isolating families and a home for disabled children in Boroughbridge.She delivered spuds to self-isolating families and a home for disabled children in Boroughbridge.
Ms Herdman took action after hearing about people stockpiling food, leading to empty shelves at supermarkets.Ms Herdman took action after hearing about people stockpiling food, leading to empty shelves at supermarkets.
She said: "To me, it's not a big thing, we're just giving away potatoes.She said: "To me, it's not a big thing, we're just giving away potatoes.
"I don't understand selfish people, I've been a giver all my life. Hopefully it proves that farmers aren't that tight.""I don't understand selfish people, I've been a giver all my life. Hopefully it proves that farmers aren't that tight."
Ms Herdman ran a hair salon before winning £1.2m on the lottery in 2010, moving from Herefordshire to live on the farm.Ms Herdman ran a hair salon before winning £1.2m on the lottery in 2010, moving from Herefordshire to live on the farm.
She had been due to plough the potatoes back into the ground after recent wet weather but changed her mind due to the coronavirus crisis.She had been due to plough the potatoes back into the ground after recent wet weather but changed her mind due to the coronavirus crisis.
Ms Herdman offered free spuds over Facebook and "it spiralled out of control" and she spent all weekend delivering them. Ms Herdman said her offer of free spuds over Facebook "spiralled out of control" and she spent all weekend delivering them.
She added: "I was inundated with hundreds of messages from people saying, 'in a world so dark and selfish, you have made us smile'."She added: "I was inundated with hundreds of messages from people saying, 'in a world so dark and selfish, you have made us smile'."
Ms Herdman also placed a large bag of potatoes in the town for people to help themselves and offered individual time slots for families to come to the farm and pick their own.Ms Herdman also placed a large bag of potatoes in the town for people to help themselves and offered individual time slots for families to come to the farm and pick their own.
Retailers have confirmed that there is enough food to go round, but said they are struggling to get items into stores as fast as people are buying them. Retailers have confirmed there is enough food to go round, but said they were struggling to get items into stores as fast as people are buying them.
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