Farmer · Broadcaster · Rare-breed champion

I grew up on these hills, the son of a farmer who spent his life saving rare breeds. Today I run the farm with my business partner Duncan, and on Sunday evenings I get to show millions of people what farming really looks like. This is where I share the bits in between.

2001
Presenting Countryfile since
650 ha
Working arable and livestock farm
50+
Rare-breed flocks and herds
2010
Farmers Weekly Champion of the Year
1971
Cotswold Farm Park founded by Dad

What I care about

Rare breeds

Rare breeds Dad started saving them in 1971. I'm still at it, with over 50 flocks and herds.
Feeding the nation

Helping people see where their food comes from, and who grows it.
Nature on the farm

Hedges, woodland and wildlife working alongside the crops and stock.
The next generation

Backing young farmers and the rural communities they keep alive.

Dad's farm park, still saving rare breeds

In 1971 Dad opened the country's first farm park to help protect breeds that were close to disappearing. I'm proud to keep walking in his wellington-booted footprints, and we'd love you to come and meet them.

Visit the Farm Park

Talks, events and partnerships, done properly.

"I love getting off the farm to talk about where our food comes from."

Talks, events and a handful of long-term partnerships with people who care about farming as much as I do.

I've been lucky enough to spend my life farming and telling people about it. If you'd like me to do that for you, I'd love to hear from you.

Find out more

Adam Hensons Farm Park Diaries

A proper look at a day on the farm: the animals, the jobs and the odd thing that goes wrong.

Farm Park Diaries

Read about my week on the farm

Adams Blog

650 hectares of Cotswold hills

Duncan and I have farmed here together since I took on the tenancy from Dad in 1999. Arable, livestock and a lot of muddy mornings.

We're trying hard to farm for nature as well as food: hedges, woodland, solar on the barns and a new patch of hill ground with some wonderful old trees.

See the farming year →

Twenty-five years on Countryfile

I was lucky enough to be picked from over 3,500 applicants back in 2001. These days I'm often presenting from home, which means you get to see the real farm, warts and all.

Along the way: Lambing Live, Nigel and Adam's Farm Kitchen, Secret Britain, Springtime on the Farm and a few books about my life on the land.

TV, YouTube and books →