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Exmoor Farms: A Year on the Moor

This year, Exmoor celebrates the 70th anniversary of its designation as a National Park – and the 10th anniversary of the Exmoor Hill Farming Network (EHFN).

To mark these milestones, the Exmoor Society, together with the EHFN, have commissioned Exmoor Farms : A Year on the Moor, a photographic book and exhibition that explores what it means to farm this beautiful corner of the UK’s uplands in the 21st century.

The project spans a farming year and includes profiles of farms, together with portraits of the people who live and work on them, and accounts of the activities, markets and shows that fill the year, highlighting the successes and challenges experienced.

You can purchase this beautiful book via the EHFN website here.

The photography exhibition will be at White Rocks Cottage, Simonsbath on the following dates:

Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th October

Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th November

Image: Eleanor Davis

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