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Farmwatch

Real-life farm to fork stories from across the country, celebrating the people and communities behind our food.

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Real-life farm to fork stories celebrating the people behind the food on our tables.
01 Jul 2026,1 min
Farm to Fork
'I don't think we'll break even this year'
Farmer Simon Dain discusses the cost of growing his crops and the impact of the weather.
26 Jul 2026,3 mins
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Charlie and his one cow dairy business
Charlie is 13 years old and runs 'Sid's Dairy' with a little help from his family.
29 Jul 2026,3 mins
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Farming through heat waves
How one Norfolk food producer is coping with the extreme heat and lack of rain.
26 Jul 2026,3 mins
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Urban Farmers tackling food inequality in Bristol
Lush Greens is a Hengrove community garden providing 60 families a week with fresh food.
28 Jul 2026,3 mins
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A farmer's worst nightmare
The Berkshire farmers who stopped a fire with the help of their combine harvester.
26 Jul 2026,2 mins
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Burgerflation - the rising cost of a summer BBQ
As BBQ costs rise, farmers, bakers and growers say they're all feeling the squeeze.
29 Jul 2026,3 mins
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'It's now the norm to have extremes of weather'
NFU President Tom Bradshaw urges government to support farmers during the dry weather.
30 Jul 2026,5 mins
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Watercress and the ancient spring
A Hampshire farm produces year-round thanks to its unique waters, but that could change.
28 Jul 2026,3 mins
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Is there a future for local farm shops?
Looking into the future of local produce as a number of farm shops close in Jersey.
29 Jul 2026,3 mins
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Lord of the Manor turned Dairy Farmer
Major Christopher Beaumont talks about his time overseeing the cows on the island of Sark
29 Jul 2026,2 mins
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Hill Farming Headaches
Liz Staley reflects on the frustrations of hill farming
27 Jul 2026,3 mins
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Sheffield Turkey farming 'not just for Christmas'
Ellie Colton chats to Angela Battye from Firs Farm about the need for year round sales.
28 Jul 2026,3 mins
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Cheddar cheese, The Kooks and Tina the turner
How Westcombe Dairy makes the cheese Somerset is famous for with the help of a robot.
29 Jul 2026,3 mins
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'It's useful to be a mixed farm'
Talking about mixed farming with Jack Harvey at Rudgeway Farm in Tredington.
28 Jul 2026,3 mins
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'I learnt it off YouTube'
Buckinghamshire farmer Rob Pratt rears his own meat to sell direct to customers.
28 Jul 2026,3 mins
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Darlington's tennis court-sized cow carousel
Dom Brown gets a tour of Acorn Dairy from Caroline Bell.
27 Jul 2026,3 mins
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The cows who milk themselves
How a herd of hundreds is helping future-proof a Worcestershire family farm.
27 Jul 2026,3 mins
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Zero grazing dairy farming in Wiltshire
Farmer Joe & vet Chris on why keeping dairy cows inside works for them & their animals.
27 Jul 2026,3 mins
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Liverpool's Underground Farm
Beneath the streets of Liverpool, we discover one of the UK's first urban vertical farms.
27 Jul 2026,3 mins
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The unusual art of making cheese from sheep’s milk
Wakebridge Manor is the only farm in Derbyshire making sheep’s cheese.
26 Jul 2026,3 mins
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'I started home brewing, it got out of hand'
Meet Steven and Bob Holmes from Cockerham's Farm Yard Brewery in Lancaster.
26 Jul 2026,3 mins
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Is it still worth milking cows?
Dairy farmers at Tumble Tye Farm are counting the costs of running the business.
26 Jul 2026,3 mins
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Drastically cutting food miles
Diversifying to survive, a farm in Dorset has started selling the meat they raise.
26 Jul 2026,3 mins
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A farm with a difference
Andrew Payne Cook has plans for a farm to harvest the best of The Solent.
24 Jul 2026,3 mins
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Surrey’s last surviving Watercress Farm
In Abinger Hammer watercress has been grown and harvested, by hand since 1854.
24 Jul 2026,3 mins
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'When tragedy struck we had to pivot'
2017 was an annus horribilis at Lopemede Farm.
26 Jul 2026,3 mins
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The urban farm growing innovative food in the city
Meet the north London community experimenting with innovative urban farming techniques.
26 Jul 2026,3 mins
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How government visa cut affects sheep shearing
The government ending a visa concession has prompted fears of a sheep shearer shortage.
29 Jul 2026,3 mins
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Farming on its own is no longer enough
The Devon farming family securing its future through much more than milk.
26 Jul 2026,3 mins