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Rosie Boycott – Life on the Farm |
4th May 2007 |
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 Rosie Boycott has been editor of the Daily Express, The Independent on Sunday and The Independent. But two years ago, her life took a new direction when she decided to devote herself to setting up and running a smallholding in Somerset. She now produces vegetables, plants, pigs and eggs on her land near Ilminster. And Rosie is not alone. She is part of a growing phenomenon of well-paid professional people who are choosing to leave city life behind and become immersed in farming. What motivates them to make such a drastic career change? What challenges do they face? How feasible is it for them to make a living out of it? Will many of them find it remains an expensive hobby? Jane discusses this with Rosie Boycott, who has just published a book about her experience, and Debbie Beaton of Farmers Weekly.
“Our Farm – A Year In The Life Of A Smallholding” by Rosie Boycott is published by Bloomsbury on 9th May 2007, ISBN: 978-0-7475-8897-9.
National Farmers' Union
Women's Food and Farming Union
Farmers Weekly Magazine
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