Tag: meet farmers

Meet Your Own First Time Farmers

It’s not every day that you’ll find us writing about a new TV programme, but when Channel 4 announced that they were going to air a reality TV series called First Time Farmers we were pretty excited to see what they’d come up with. The first episode of the show (broadcast on Fridays at 8pm)… Continue reading Meet Your Own First Time Farmers

Documentary on Single Farmers Looking for Love

Talk Back Thames are looking for single farmers to take part in a show that will document and help you in your seach for a life partner. They say they will set you up on great dates with fantastic women who hope to win your heart and share your life in the country.  Rather than… Continue reading Documentary on Single Farmers Looking for Love

Arrow Farm Shop

We popped into hundreds of farm shops on our travels, ranging from lean-to sheds to supermarket-style food emporiums, so we were really pleased to add a proper family-run farm shop visit to our itinerary in the last week of our Marathon. Dinah and Richard Blagg opened Arrow Farm Shop on their farm near Worksop in… Continue reading Arrow Farm Shop

Speed Dating at Harper Adams

We had a great night at the speed dating evening at Harper Adams. There were around fifty people keen to get involved, ranging from freshers to fourth-year students, and some veeeery positive answers on the cards they had to fill out about the people they chatted to. We’re convinced that some of them will be… Continue reading Speed Dating at Harper Adams

Dairy Farming in Dorset

When Christina got hold of Dorset dairy farmer, Andy Baggs, to see if he would consider letting us come and help out for the day to find out what dairy farming was all about, he was convinced that it was some kind of radio show wind up.  In fact, even when we pulled up in… Continue reading Dairy Farming in Dorset

Deer and Beer with the Essex Young Farmers

We had a great time at the Essex Young Farmers Deer & Beer night on a farm near Chelmsford.  The young farmers are a really nice bunch and we were very impressed at their ability to turn an empty barn into a great party venue with a fork lift, a bit of tarpaulin and a… Continue reading Deer and Beer with the Essex Young Farmers