In 2000, Kate Palmer bought West Yeo Farm in the heart of the mid Devon countryside. After a long career as a textile and art teacher and then county councillor, Kate was keen to return to her family’s farming...
Chris and Fiona Clark started their farming careers working together rearing and finishing outdoor pigs on the Loseley Park Estate near Guildford, Surrey. After 10 years of ‘hands-on’ work they successfully sold the business and retrained in Graphic Design...
In 1994, Somerset and Carolyne Charrington took on the challenge of moving from a mixed arable farm in Surrey to manage Treshnish Farm, a 750ha hill farm on the north-west coast of the Isle of Mull. The farm had...
The Yorkshire Dales National Park is one of the most important areas of the United Kingdom for its rich and diverse wildlife heritage and has the largest area of nationally and internationally important habitats of any National Park.
We all have our own mental image of rural Wales, whether it is rolling fields or rugged mountains, but we have become so accustomed to expecting this green and pleasant land that we have stopped questioning if everything is...
The Thomas family have been farming in the Nant Ffrnacon valley for over 320 years. Gwyn grew up on the family small holding, alongside seven other family farms in the valley, but when his father unfortunately became ill; the...
The Elan Valley located in Mid Wales is a mosaic of moorland, woodland and reservoirs held back by grand Victorian dams. Brian and Sorcha Lewis are third generation tenants of Troedrhiwdrain Farm a 580ha hill farm – which is...
High Nature Value farming systems are characterised by low-intensity, traditional land management. They typically support high levels of biodiversity and deliver other important ecosystem services such as carbon or water storage. The hay meadows, pastures and ‘allotment’ grasslands of...
Sited in the dramatic rolling landscape of the Forest of Bowland, lies Barkin Gate Farm which has been farmed by Malcolm’ s family since the 1960s. The farm is 208 acres, with an extra 52 acres rented which is...
Sited in the Atlantic Ocean, the Uists form part of the Western Isles (Outer Hebrides), a remote archipelago of small inhabited islands off the NW coast of Scotland. Influenced by an oceanic climate, the topography and soils vary across...
Since the 1970’s Patrick McGurn and his family have farmed the 41ha holding at Kesh, Co Fermanagh as a part time venture. This area supports a unique landscape – internationally important wet grassland sites interspersed within the catchments of...
Arguably one of the most scenic areas in the country, the hamlet of Balnakeil sits less than a mile from Durness, Sutherland a popular tourist destination on the north coast of Scotland. Centuries old and surrounded by medieval ruins, Balnakeil Farm...
Tim Jakins has farmed in the West Country all his life, and took over the National Trust tenancy at New Barton Farm, Wembury in 1997.