The Cow Carbon Cycle – with farmer Charles
25th May 2020
Farmer Charles explains how his cows and other livestock produce high quality, nutritious, healthy and sustainable food for people to eat and enjoy, while helping to maintain and enhance the environment.
About Charles and his farm
Charles is a mixed dairy, beef and arable farmer, working in partnership with his father and two brothers in Warwickshire. They milk 350 Holstein cows, using both conventional and robotic systems. They grow wheat, barley, oilseed rape, oats, potatoes and maize over 1300 acres, as well as having diversified into industrial units.
Charles is married to Linda, a primary school teacher, and they have two children, Chloe and Henry. He has a real passion for education, and helping people gain a better understanding of the food they eat and how it is produced.
Watch more of Charles’ farm videos.
About Just Farmers
Charles was trained in media and and video-production by Just Farmers – a project run by BBC Broadcaster and Journalist Anna Jones, and TV self-shooting producer/director, Alex Price.
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