Fell farming

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Fell farming is the farming of Fells, i.e. areas of uncultivated high ground used as common grazing. It is a term commonly used in Northern England, especially in the Lake District and the Pennine Dales. Elsewhere, the terms hill farming or pastoral farming are more commonly used.

1 Animals
2 Problems
3 Beatrix Potter
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Animals

Animals native to fells, or bred for fell farming, include:

[edit] Problems

As discussed in an article on the Carnegie UK Trust Rural Community Development Programme site: ^[1]

"The Foot and Mouth outbreak in Cumbria in 2001 led to the culling of over a million sheep. It also showed that the hill (fell) farming communities were as vulnerable as the pastoral system they have created over many generations."

[edit] Beatrix Potter

In the latter stages of Beatrix Potter's life, she purchased property in the Lake District (bequeathed to the National Trust and now comprising a portion of the Lake District National Park) for the purposes of conservation and historical preservation. Her efforts helped to ensure "the practice of fell farming remain unspoiled to this day."