A model partnership Clive Leighton discovers that farming can sometimes be child's play

摘要

POINT-TO-POINT champion, farmer and fly-fisherman meets fashion model who becomes an entrepreneur. Does this sound like a Mills & Boon crossed with a sure-fire reality TV show? Well, it's true for the Farthings of Brue Farm. Justin runs the 500-acre dairy farm at Lovington on the River Brue floodplain, Kath runs Brue Farm Nursery and Justin is landlord to the Lovington ice-cream plant. They married 16 years ago and have three girls - Agnes, 12, Flora 10, and Anna, seven. "I wanted to return to work after Anna was born but couldn't find a local nursery," said Kath. That's when the peimy dropped for the Farthings, putting them way ahead of the curve of David Cameron's Big Society. "Our nearest nursery was nine miles away and there was only one in Yeovil, more than 12 miles distant. We couldn't believe it: there are so many people moving into the country from the cities that there is an obvious market."