Farming can be the best job in the world. However, sometimes it can also be one of the most stressful, especially at the moment with all the uncertainty relating to Brexit. The long hours, financial pressure, dealing with the weather and other unforeseeable events can take its toll. The press have taken hold of thisContinueContinue reading “Talking Health and Wellbeing with Liz Earle MBE”
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An Interview with Icelandic Sheep Farmer and Instagrammer Pálína Axelsdóttir Njarðvík
If you have an Instagram account and have any sort of interest in the countryside or farming (as you are on thinkingcountry the latter can be assumed) you may well have heard of Pálína Axelsdóttir Njarðvík who now has over 35,000 followers on her ‘farmlifeiceland’ page. The vast majority of her photos are of sheep asContinueContinue reading “An Interview with Icelandic Sheep Farmer and Instagrammer Pálína Axelsdóttir Njarðvík”
‘Meet the Farmers’ episode 22 – George Young
Episode 22 features George Young, an arable farmer based in south Essex. George worked in banking before returning to his family’s farm in his late twenties. He has an eye for doing something that’s a bit different and is currently growing buckwheat and lentils, among other projects. He also thinks that farmers should be thankfulContinueContinue reading “‘Meet the Farmers’ episode 22 – George Young”
An Interview with Adam L. Canning
Recently I spoke to Adam Canning who is a naturalist and film maker from the West Midlands. Unlike your stereotypical conservationist Adam is a suburban Brummie from a working-class background. He is also openly gay. He has previously co-presented The Wild Side on Cambridge TV, with Jamie Wyver, and made two series of mini filmsContinueContinue reading “An Interview with Adam L. Canning”
‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 11 – Tom Martin
Tom Martin returned to his family’s farm in Cambridgeshire a few years ago after several years working in various different industries. As well as managing the arable side of things on the farm he’s now active in a range of farming linked organisations, including the NFU, CLA, LEAF and East of England Agricultural Society. RecentlyContinueContinue reading “‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 11 – Tom Martin”
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