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As well as the UK’s efforts fighting on the frontline during the second world war, one of the biggest threats to the UK was food security. Emily Ashworth looks at the ways the country came together to tackle a national crisis.

In our new foodie series championing British produce, Jenny Jefferies, author of two award-wining cookbooks will share monthly recipes with ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian.

Watch the interview with Amanda Owen for this month’s podcast, At Home With Amanda Owen with features editor Emily Ashworth.

In a new series for ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian, the 11 new recruits on the McDonald’s Progressive Young Farmer (PYF) programme. Each month we follow one of the PYF’s to see what they are doing.

There is only one place to get pumpkins this autumn, and that is on UK farms. A great family day all around.

Autumn in the countryside is a true celebration of life in rural Britain. Here, Emily Ashworth talks to Amanda Owen about her new book, Celebrating the Seasons and shares her favourite seasonal recipes with ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian.

Lowlands farm, in southwest Birmingham, is home to Beth Withers and her husband, Tom. Here, she talks about bringing up her growing family at Lowlands, a beef and sheep farm, and the balance between motherhood and farming.