Jimmy Doherty: for the love of the land

The farmer and TV presenter discusses his passion for rare-breed livestock, hosting the Prince of Wales, and roasting the perfect turkey

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I have always been drawn to nature. When I was a kid, my family moved from London to rural Essex and my dad converted a two-acre field into a football pitch for my brother. I shirked football in favour of scrambling through tall grasses in the quest for butterflies, grasshoppers and field mice. I soon accumulated a little wildlife collection full of creepy crawlies in jars, which later grew to include several snakes.

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