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Helen Rebanks was born and raised on a farm in the English Lake District. Her family have been farming for many generations. Her parents kept dairy cows, beef cattle and sheep. Her grandfather bred pedigree Clydesdale horses. She has a first class honours degree in Fine Art and she worked in Oxford before becoming a full time farmer’s wife and mother to four children in Cumbria.
Helen runs the farm with her husband James who is also an author, (The Shepherd’s Life, 2015, Pastoral Song, 2020, and The Place of Tides, Oct 2024).
Together they keep Belted Galloway cattle and Herdwick Sheep on their farm near lake Ullswater.
Helen and James are passionate advocates for the future of family farms and share their knowledge about regenerative farming methods at international events, and on courses they run at their farm.
Helen regularly cooks for groups that visit the farm using homegrown ingredients and local produce.
‘The Farmer’s Wife, my life in days’ is her first book.
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