From the Herdwick-grazed Lake District commons to the big-sky Solway marshes; from isolated farmsteads unchanged in generations to businesses at the cutting-edge of innovation; from world-class sheep breeders to award-winning cheese-makers, Forty Farms is a visual record of farming at a period of profound change.

Over the course of a year, Amy conducted frank conversations about the financial challenge of farming in post-Brexit Britain; the tightrope balance of producing quality food in nature-rich landscapes; and the highs and lows of working in an area internationally famed for its beauty. 

With contributions from, among others, best-selling author James Rebanks, L’Enclume’s Simon Rogan, veteran damson-grower Hartley Trotter and ‘king of the Herdwicks’ Anthony Hartley, Forty Farms offers a unique insight into the hopes, fears and everyday lives of 40 extraordinary farmers.

The Forty Farms

• Beckside Farm, Millom – Dairy, sheep
• Birkhaw Farm, Sedbergh – Sheep
• Brackenburgh Home Farms, Calthwaite – Arable, dairy, sheep
• Cairnhead Farm, Croglin near Carlisle – Dairy, cheese
• Cannerheugh Farm, Renwick – Beef, pigs, poultry, sheep, tourism
• Castletown Estate, Rockcliffe – Arable, beef, hospitality, sheep, tourism
• Causeway Foot, Naddle Valley, Keswick – Dairy, sheep, tourism
• Church Stile, ('Wasdale Sawmill Café and Farm Shop’), Wasdale – Hospitality, sheep, tourism
• Croft Foot Farm, Docker near Kendal – Beef, sheep, tourism
• Croglin High Hall ('High Hall Campsite’), Croglin – Beef, pigs, sheep, tourism
• Dalefoot Farm ('Dalefoot Composts'), Heltondale near Penrith – Compost, peatland restoration, sheep
• Fell Foot Farm, Little Langdale, and 'Lakeland Farm Visitor Centre', Ings – Beef, education, hospitality, sheep
• Glencoyne, near Glenridding – Beef, sheep
• Gowbarrow Hall Farm, Ullswater – Beef, pigs
• Great Lindeth Wood, Rutland Valley – Arts & crafts, forestry
• High Chapel ('Westmorland Chapel Farm / Tebay Services’), Orton - Beef, hospitality, sheep, tourism
• High House Farm, Gilsland near Brampton – Beef, sheep
• Holker Farm (‘St James Cheese’), Holker, Cartmel – Cheese, dairy
• Low Borrowbridge, Tebay – Beef, hospitality, words, sheep
• Low Sizergh Farm (‘Low Sizergh Barn Farm Shop & Café’), Sizergh near Kendal – Dairy, horticulture, hospitality, poultry, tourism
• Meg Bank ('The Lakes Free Range Egg Company'), Stainton near Penrith – Poultry
  
• Millstone Moor, Redmain, near Cockermouth – Beef, sheep
• Naddle & Swindale Farms ('Wild Haweswater'), Haweswater – Sheep, water, wildlife
• Nether Hall Farm ('Netherhall Herefords’), Mansergh near Kirkby Lonsdale – Beef
• Nibthwaite Grange ('Dodgson Wood'), Crake Valley near Coniston – Arts & crafts, beef, sheep, tourism
• Old Stoddah Farm ('Deer and Dexter'), Penruddock – Beef, deer
• Orchard Dene, Lyth Valley – Fruit
• Our Farm (‘L’Enclume’), Cartmel – Horticulture, hospitality
• Penny Hill Farm, Eskdale – Beef, hospitality, sheep, tourism
• Piper Hole, Ravenstonedale – Cheese, goats, tourism
  
• Racy Ghyll Farm, Matterdale – Beef, sheep, words
• Sheepriggs, near Alston – Sheep
• Susan's Farm,  Houghton near Carlisle – Beef, education, horticulture, sheep
• Strickley, Old Hutton near Kendal – Dairy
• The Hollins, Ennerdale – Sheep
• Town Foot Farm (‘Globetrotter Stud’), Roundthwaite, Tebay – Fell ponies
• Turner Hall Farm, Duddon Valley – Sheep, tourism
• Whinfell Park ('Whinfellpark Limousins’), Clifton Moor, Penrith – Arable, beef genetics, sheep
• Wraysholme Tower Farm ('Wraysholme Creamery’), near Grange-over-Sands – Cheese, dairy
• Yew Tree Farm, Coniston – Arts & crafts, sheep, tourism