Shepherd James Rebanks tends a flock of Herdwick sheep on a family-owned farm in the Lake District in northern England. He learned traditional farming ways from his grandfather; a man with a profound connection with his land. An OE in Australia introduced Rebanks to industrial farming practices, which he applied to his own farm in the 1990s. After a while he realised that he was in fact damaging the land, soil and local wildlife. So he started the laborious process of restoring features like hedgerows, pastures, meadows, and dry stone walls- and hasn't looked back. He's now a self declared 'old fashioned farmer' Following the success of his first book The Shepherd's Life, Rebanks' new one is called English Pastoral: An Inheritance.