Photos of NFFN Champions and the landscapes in which they work are going on show as part of the Swaledale Farming and Film Festival.

Brilliant photographer and NFFN Champion Jo Coates has travelled the length and breadth of the UK, vividly documenting her fellow Champions at work. From the rugged Welsh uplands to woodland pastures and arable farms in Lincolnshire, ‘Custodians of the Soil’ captures the broad spectrum of people, landscapes and businesses which are at the forefront of the transition to nature-friendly farming.

Jo, who works on her partner’s family farm in the Yorkshire Dales, believes “that telling the stories of nature-friendly farming is vital”, as we “don’t often see farming and the issues within it documented or from the perspective of people’s lived experiences”.

The exhibition kicks off with 20 board of photographs on show in Keld from 25 May to 8 June. A smaller selection of a dozen boards can be seen in Reeth between 15 June and 29 June, while the entire collection of photographs goes on display at The Station in Richmond from 22 June to 4 July.