
The visitors have finally left the Orme after a hectic couple of months. Between the sheep and our outdoor café, it's been full on, and I'll admit I was praying for rain, partly to freshen the fields,...
The visitors have finally left the Orme after a hectic couple of months. Between the sheep and our outdoor café, it's been full on, and I'll admit I was praying for rain, partly to freshen the fields,...
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.
James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network
Emma and her family farm in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, milking 100 pedigree Holsteins and selling raw milk from the farmgate. They also run 300 North Country Mules. Emma is Monmouthshire NFU chair and volunteers with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution