
Some of you may have noticed my recent entries haven't been very farming-related and my honest reason is I am following the age-old advice of, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything...
Some of you may have noticed my recent entries haven't been very farming-related and my honest reason is I am following the age-old advice of, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything...
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 and family farm Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, James 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