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Builds on Wheels. Jimmy Doherty (born 24 May 1975) is an English television presenter and farmer. A childhood friend of Jamie Oliver, Doherty is known for the show Jimmy's Farm, detailing the operation of the Essex Pig Company that he and his wife Michaela Furney own in Suffolk.
Jimmy's Farm is a British television series set in a working rare-breed farm, tourist destination and wedding venue in Wherstead, Suffolk. The series is produced Fresh One Productions and first broadcast on BBC in 2004. Owner Jimmy Doherty set up the Essex Pig Company, a rare breeds piggery on the outskirts of Ipswich in Suffolk. [1]
Apr 24, 2024 · By Denise Marshall. Academic turned pig farmer and presenter, Jimmy Doherty reveals how his 20- year-old family business has received plaudits from HM King Charles. Essex boy Jimmy Doherty who is currently gracing our screens in ITV travelogue series, Jimmy’s Taste of Florida, has had a rather unconventional route to television stardom.
After returning to Essex to run his own farm, Doherty and Furney set up The Essex Pig Company utilising free range meat production practices. Based around various rare breeds, the core breed of pig is the endangered Essex, together with the Berkshire, Gloucester Old Spot, large and middle Whites; Soay and Jacob sheep and Red Poll cattle.
May 26, 2004 · Jimmy's Farm: With Les Keen, Jimmy Doherty, Michaela Furney, Jamie Oliver. Documentary series following Essex boy Jimmy Doherty as he sets up his own pig farm in Suffolk despite having no farming experience.
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Mar 6, 2021 · The Doherty family move to Essex when Jimmy is three, allowing him to keep polecats and royal pythons in the garage. 1980s: Works at a butterfly house at a local wildlife park. 2002: Leaves his PhD in entomology to set up a pig farm with his girlfriend Michaela (above), a TV runner. Sells rare-breed meat at markets as The Essex Pig Company
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Our vision was to only use traditional, free-range farming methods with 100% traceability, rearing rare and domestic breeds from the UK. We focused initially on the Essex pig with a bloodline so rare it was classed as extinct! In 2003, The Essex Pig Company was born. Creating a small onsite butchery and farm shop, Michaela and I began turning ...
