Archive Article: 2002/07/19

19 July 2002

County council unit is a foot in the door

Farming in their own right is still the dream of many young people. But getting a foot on the ladder is hard when you have no inherited land.

For the couple featured in our Farmlife Section this week, a county council holding offered them a valuable chance to farm independently.

Naturally, It will take hard work and determination to make a living from their 30ha (75 acres) but Mark and Judith Bowes are confident they can do it. Follow their progress in our new series, First Farm – notes from a Cheshire county council holding, which will run monthly in Farmlife from Aug 9.