Some of the animals living on the family farm. Nothing too complicated, is how he sums up his stewardship of this breezy spot where he lives with his wife Hazel. But over the past five years or so, John has been obliged to broaden his horizons, ever since passing partial control of the family enterprise to the next generation, who have taken up their share of the reins with a quiverful of new ideas, loosing off arrows of innovation and exploration.
Son Edward has introduced unusual breeds, has pioneered fresh methods of farming in Englishtown, and he speaks without frowning about organic agriculture or about reaching out across the farm gate to make contact with the people who consume what this land produces.
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