Country diary: We 'ladies with livestock' look after each other | Andrea Meanwell

Langdale, Cumbria: Today we meet on Jennie's farm. Our network has become important to all of us During the first lockdown in 2020, two female farmers emailed me on the same day to say that they were feeling very isolated, so we started an online group on a Friday afternoon called "Ladies with Livestock". Each week we invited a guest speaker to build our knowledge and encourage conversation. The group has gone from strength to strength - not only do the ladies involved have a great support network, we have also learned such a lot about farming with nature regeneratively.We now meet once a month in person on a farm, with online meetings in between. The network is now in fact a joint National Trust and Lake District national park authority project, with all the participants living across Cumbria. Had it not been for Covid, we probably would never have come together. Continue reading...