An invaluable portrait of one of the least understood and often demonized people: the farmers. It should really be read by everyone in this country who buys food - that is, everyone.

Very well researched and deeply thoughtful... Bathurst takes a look at these lives and reveals things that are rarely written.

An extraordinary achievement: it describes the incomprehensible.

We believe we know what constitutes the British countryside: stone walls, ladders, sheep in the distance. However, for many of us, farmers - the men and women who shape, maintain, and care for this land - often remain a mystery: familiar yet unpredictable, a secret industry that is visible even from space.

In "Field Work", Bella Bathurst travels across Britain to speak with those on the other side of the fence. From fruit farmers to cattle breeders, from grassy hills to polyhouses, she creates a portrait of modern Britain, revealing the seamless bonds that exist between the land and the people who cultivate it.

As farmers are divided between traditional methods and modern needs, these rough, wise, and funny narratives reveal an ancient way of life that is changing beyond recognition.