Dream Farm key role for Farming Connect mentor

CATCH up with the trials, tribulations and triumphs of the finalists in the second series of 'Our Dream Farm, Channel 4's popular TV programme, currently on our screens at 7pm on Saturdays; the 'dream farm' is in Eryri and Farming Connect has been part of the process.

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You can watch the final group of seven, ultra-hopeful candidates some filmed with supportive better halves or relatives - as they are put through their farming paces in the second series of 'Our Dream Farm. Presented by popular tv personality, farmer and countryside expert Matt Baker, this year's 'dream farm' with its mix of mountain pasture, woodlands and lowland is in one of the most jaw-droppingly spectacular locations in Wales.

Acknowledged as 'the opportunity of a lifetime', a 15 year-long tenancy of the 248-hectare farm, which includes a beautifully refurbished house and numerous outbuildings owned and managed by National Trust Wales, is the amazing prize up for grabs.

Farming Connect became part of the selection process when one of its mentors and Agrisgôp Leaders, Caroline Dawson, was invited to mentor and tutor the finalists in an on-farm workshop she designed and led. Caroline, a specialist diversification and agri-food expert from North Wales, began her day with an ice-breaker activity.