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25/12/20 Swapping an urban life for a future in rural farming

We meet the city dwellers who have gone back to the land and bought a small holding or farm. We hear two very different stories of raising the cash needed to buy 20 and 200 acres.

We meet the city dwellers who have gone back to the land and bought a small holding or farm. What was the driving factor that made them want to move into agriculture? What were their expectations, how has reality worked out and what have been the toughest lessons learned? And how do they react to accusations of merely being 鈥渉obby farmers鈥?

We hear the story of two very different families.

Former teachers Jon and Rosie are a couple with a very young family who had little hard cash and had to borrow from family and friends. They managed to secure 20 acres in Hertfordshire.

Meanwhile, Tim and Juliet sold their house in Fulham and were able to buy outright 200 acres in Oxfordshire.

Produced and presented by Howard Shannon.

13 minutes

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  • Christmas Day 2020 05:45

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