On The Farm - Hardcover

Jimmy Doherty

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0091897858 ISBN 13: 9780091897857

Publisher: Ebury Press, 2004

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From Delia to Michael Palin, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to Alan Titchmarsh, David Attenborough to Jamie Oliver, the TV tie-ins that sell books are those with charismatic presenters. When you meet Jimmy you'll realise that this is television's big new name. With his PhD in Entomology and his infectious enthusiasm, Jimmy has the academic weight of David Attenborough and the populist persuasiveness of Jamie Oliver (who happens to be his oldest friend). Jimmy's Farm will be a 6-part primetime BBC TV series for autumn 2004 in which we follow Jimmy realising his dream of setting up a unique farm with rare breed pigs. Unlike Hugh F-W who plays at being a smallholder, Jimmy has to face the commercial reality of farming today: this is his living - it has to work. And in the same way that Jamie Oliver inspired a new generation to love good food, Jimmy will inspire us to care about where our food comes from. Through the programme you'll learn how to grow your own vegetables, keep chickens and pick the best pork at the butchers. There will also be a directory of farmers' markets and recipes for hedgerow cooking, But the book is also about living the dream and turning your back on mass-product

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Review:

"an inspiring read. Filled with humour and anecdote" -- The Ecologist

Doherty was a thoroughly engaging character and it was impossible not to wish him well -- Daily Telegraph

It is impossible not to be won over by Jimmy's irrepressible enthusiasm -- Daily Express

The emotional arc of this series is irresistible: life, death, sausages - it’s got it all -- Radio Times

the little man with the impossible dream is an irresistible...figure -- Evening Standard

About the Author:

Born in Essex, Jimmy Doherty's passion for farming and everything to do with nature started early. By the age of 16 he was an Assistant Entomologist at the Molehall Wildlife Park and at 25 he moved to the Entomology Department at the Natural History Museum. Jimmy's love of the great outdoors has taken him all over the world in search of adventure - hiking in the deserts of Israel to trekking in the jungles of Malaysia.

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