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Jimmy Doherty's Farming Heroes

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BBC Two - Jimmy Doherty's Farming Heroes, East

Jimmy visits the east of England, testing his own doubts about whether big does mean bad.

Having given up life in the city to start a farm, Jimmy Doherty travels the country to meet the people shaping the future of British farming, beginning in the east of England.

Having given up life in the city to start his own farm, Jimmy Doherty wants to see what other farmers have achieved. 

With a looming food crisis across the globe, what happens to farming will affect us all and so Jimmy travels the country to meet the people shaping the future of British farming. He starts his journey in the east of England, where farming is about big machines and large-scale production, and finds he has to test his own doubts about whether big does indeed mean bad.

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Jimmy Doherty discovers what other farmers have achieved

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