FIELD WORK (PB)

For many of us, Britain is countryside - drystone walls, stiles, sheep on a distant hillside. But farmers themselves often remain a mystery. What does it take to pull a life out of the earth? From fruit farmers to fallen stock operators, grassy uplands to polytunnels, Bella Bathurst journeys through Britain to talk to those on the far side of the fence. As farmers find themselves torn between time-honoured methods and modern appetites, these shocking, raw, wise and funny accounts reveal a way of life now changing beyond recognition.