THE SUN shone brightly on a celebration of British farming over the weekend.
The inaugural Great British Farm-Fest Finale welcomed more than 50,000 visitors to NAEC Stoneleigh
The event featured more than 400 exhibitors, thousands of animals, together with cookery demonstrations and a farmer’s market.
There’s was also plenty of famous faces, including Jeremy Clarkson and his Clarkson’s Farm colleagues Kaleb Cooper and Harriet Cowan, TV chef Matt Tebbutt and farmer and Countryfile presenter Adam Henson
There was also plenty of music from big names including 10cc, Blur bassist turned cheese maker Alex James, and a supergroup featuring Ricky Wilson (Kaiser Chiefs), was next up with The Fabulous Adjustable Band. This mixed line-up saw Ricky joined by Chris Difford (Squeeze), Gary Stringer (Reef), Simon Fowler (Ocean Colour Scene), Natasha Hamilton (Atomic Kitten) and Garry Christian (The Christians).
Tebbutt, best known as presenter of Saturday Kitchen and Masterchef The Professionals, said: “By the very nature of the amazing turnout of this weekend, people care about the countryside; they care about farmers; they care about where their food has come from – and I think that is on the rise dramatically. If you like to go out into the countryside and see lambs and cows in fields, that beautiful, rural idyll, you need to be supporting British farmers.”
