Lake District Farmers | Eric Taylforth

Lake District Farmers, 'This is Why' campaign.  - Millbeck Farm dates back to 1621 and was subsequently purchased by Beatrix Potter in 1936 for the conservation of Herdwick Sheep. The Herdwicks were tended by Miss Potter's shepherd, Joseph Gregg, and his son Vic, for almost 50 years. Vic would ultimately become Eric's mentor, taking him under his wing in 1980 to teach him the traditional Herdwick farming methods. that have been so successful for almost a thousand years.