
IT must have been an important meeting, because on large trays in the centre of the kitchen table were two of Mum's speciality cakes, coffee and walnut cake and a Kendal Show favourite, chewy fruit slice....
IT must have been an important meeting, because on large trays in the centre of the kitchen table were two of Mum's speciality cakes, coffee and walnut cake and a Kendal Show favourite, chewy fruit slice....
Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope 51AVÊÓÆµon the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland
Amy works on her family’s tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire. Working mainly with her dad, Amy farms 285 hectares (704 acres) of arable crops and 550 beef cross cattle which are all reared through to finishing. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson
James and Isobel, with their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as a product manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm.