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Farming Today: 27/12/22 - Forty Farms

27/12/22 - Forty Farms

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 27/12/22 - Forty Farms

A portrait in pictures of 40 Cumbrian farms at a time of major change to UK farming.

Caz Graham meets farmer and photographer Amy Bateman and farmers who are featured in her Forty Farms project, which documents the reality and diversity of farming in Cumbria.

Amy Bateman is a professional photographer and past winner of British Life Photographer of the Year. She also runs a sheep and beef farm along with her husband, so she's ideally placed to document the huge changes taking place in UK farming post Brexit. Over the last two years she's taken stunning photos and conducted frank interviews on 40 very different farms around her home county of Cumbria culminating in an exhibition and book that paint a fascinating portrait of a modern diverse industry. Caz Graham meets Amy to talk about the project, see the pictures and meet some of the farmers who are featured.

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