Jimmy Doherty (farmer)
| Jimmy Doherty | |
|---|---|
| Born |
24 May 1975 Essex, England |
| Occupation | Farmer, television personality |
| Known for | Jimmy's Farm, Jimmy's Food Factory, Jamie & Jimmy's Food Fight Club, Food Unwrapped |
| Spouse(s) | Michaela Furney (m. 2009) |
| Children | 3 |
Jimmy Doherty (born 24 May 1975) is a Suffolk based farmer and television presenter formerly for the BBC and now for Channel 4, famous for the show Jimmy's Farm, detailing the operation of the Essex Pig Company that he and his wife Michaela Furney owned.
Born in Ilford he moved to Clavering in Essex at the age of three. A childhood friend of Jamie Oliver, he studied at Newport Free Grammar School, has a degree in animal biology from the University of East London and studied for a PhD in entomology at Coventry University's zoology department. He is of Irish descent.
In 2002, He appeared as a friend and guest on Jamie Oliver's show, Oliver's Twist in the episode entitled "Flash In The Pan" (Season 2 Episode 4).
He then trained as a pig farmer, where, in 2002, he met runner Furney, when Channel 4's filming for Jamie's Kitchen took it to the Cumbrian farm where he was working.
After returning to Essex to run his own farm, Doherty and Furney set up The Essex Pig Company utilising free range meat production practices. The operation raised various rare breeds, most notably the endangered Essex, together with the Berkshire, Gloucester Old Spot, large and middle Whites; Soay and Jacob sheep and Red Poll cattle. Jimmy's farm is in Suffolk near Ipswich. There are currently 20 full and part-time staff. Their efforts were followed by a series of fly-on-the-wall documentaries which aired on BBC Two.
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