• How many eggs does a hen lay in its lifetime?
• What's a hogget? 
• What is the point of burning heather on moorland? 
• How does grazing help the environment? 
• Can Britain be self-sufficient
• What is a genetically modified crop? 
• When is a pig a gilt?
• Who owns the forests, the mountains, the wetlands and coastline in Britain?
• What is the future for British farming?

All these questions and more are tackled by Jill Mason in this new fact-packed, illustrated book.

It is an invaluable account of the British countryside today, its livestock, its crops and its wildernesses.