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 Farming and Futures
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Five Young Farmers from the English and Welsh borders created digital stories providing an entertaining insight into contemporary farm life while revealing the uncertanties felt by every young farmer today. Made in collaboration with Kington Horse Show and Agricultural Society with media skills training and support from The Rural Media Company. |
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"This is a captivating view of agricultural life today seen through young eyes. It's good to see them wanting to carry forward the values and tradition that the farming community holds so dear. You'll want to watch them again and again." David Morgan, National Farmers Union
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My Farming Family
Storyteller: Ben Lewis
Now in his mid-twenties and settling down to run a farm of his own, Ben looks back to his grandfather's day. Is the world of farming, he wonders, about to turn full circle?
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This Little Piggy
Storyteller: Fay Thomas
When her kid brother, Lee, brought home the bacon, he restarted a long-held farming tradition, says 15-year-old Fay from Kinnersley.
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The project was launched at the Kington Agricultural Show in September 2009 with a presentation and screenings all day to an enthusiastic rural audience of several hundred people. |
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'It's always interesting to look back - but it's what the future holds that's important.' Painscastle Young Farmer Ben Lewis
'I'm not sad to see the animals go to slaughter: that's life' - Fay Thomas
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