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Providing a seasonal tour of a traditional farming year, passionate beef farmer Joe Stanley seeks to inform the reader about the journey their food takes before it gets to the plate, revealing the reality of life for a modern British lowland farmer.
About the author
Joe Stanley is a farmer, conservationist and writer and a passionate ambassador for sustainability and high standards in food and farming who is often to be seen in the farming and national press advocating for positive change in our food system and explaining the realities of modern agriculture to wider society.
Experienced in arable, beef and dairy farming, since 2021 Joe has worked at The Allerton Project, a research and demonstration farm in Leicestershire, UK, which since 1992 has sought to demonstrate how food production and a thriving natural environment can co-exist side-by-side.
In 2020 Joe was awarded the National Farmers Union’s Meurig Raymond Award for farming advocacy and in 2022 Associateship of the Royal Agricultural Societies in recognition of distinguished achievement within farming. In 2021 he released his first book, ‘Farm to Fork: The Challenge of Sustainable Farming in 21st Century Britain’ with Quiller.
He is married with two children, and two mostly trusty Jack Russell terriers.
Summary
Providing a seasonal tour of a traditional farming year, passionate beef farmer Joe Stanley seeks to inform the reader about the journey their food takes before it gets to the plate, revealing the reality of life for a modern British lowland farmer.
