Jimmy Doherty

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Jimmy Doherty (born 24 May 1975) is a Suffolk based farmer and television presenter who worked with the BBC and then for Channel 4, specializing in the show Jimmy's Farm, which focuses on the Essex Pig Company, which he and his wife Michaela Furney own.

Early life

Doherty, a born in Ilford, Doherty, migrated to Clavering, Essex, at the age of three. Jamie Oliver's childhood friend attended Clavering Primary School and then attended Newport Free Grammar School. When Doherty's time at Newport Grammar School, he was fueled by his love of nature and animals by a magazine named 'The Natural Choice.'

He spent 13 years in the tropical butterfly house at Mole Hall Wildlife Park in Saffron Walden, helping with the care of various animals, ranging from otters to chimpanzees. Doherty, a 24-year-old Mole Hall graduate, moved to focuses on his academic duties.

He earned a degree in animal biology from the University of East London and completed a PhD in entomology at Coventry University's zoology department.

Personal life

Jimmy and Michaela Furney were married on August 22, 2009. The reception was held at Pannington Hall in Wherstead, Suffolk, at their farm.

They have four children who were born between 2010 and 2018.

Doherty, one of 200 public figures to sign a letter sent by The Guardian in August 2014, expressed their displeasure with Scotland's decision to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum.

Doherty has lost touch with Ipswich Town Football Club and follows their campaigns. Jimmy's Farm made an Ipswich sausage named in honour of The Blues in 2013. This sausage, as with all their sausages, was made with pork from the farm, and this one contained stilton and garlic.

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Career

Doherty served in the Royal Corps of Signals for five years.

In 2002, he appeared as a mentor and visitor on Oliver's Twist's "Flash in the Pan" in the episodes "Painting Party."

He then trained as a pig farmer, where, when Channel 4's filming for Jamie's Kitchen began in 2002, he met runner Furney.

Doherty and Furney formed The Essex Pig Company after returning to Essex to run his own farm. Doherty bought the funds to start the farm with the proceeds from his first book On The Farm, which was a diary of his farming ventures.

The Essex Pig Company, headquartered in Ipswich, Suffolk, raised several rare species, including the endangered Essex, as well as the Berkshire, Gloucestershire Old Spots, middle Whites, and Norfolk Horn sheep among others.

People were keen to see the native domestic animals and buy fresh produce so Doherty and Furney opened the doors to the farm in 2002. A sign outside reads "Jimmy's Farm," and as BBC Two followed their attempts with a series of fly-on-the-wall documentaries, the name stuck.

Jimmy Doherty's Farming Heroes, a Doherty production that aired on BBC2 from July 2008 to August 2008, followed by numerous other series and single documentaries for the BBC. Jimmy's Food Factory, which exhibited the industrial techniques used in the production of processed foods, appeared on BBC One in two series. When Jay Hunt, the Channel One controller at the time, left to become Channel 4's chief creative officer at the end of 2010, she signed up Doherty to exclusively broadcast on Channel 4. A Farmer's Life for Me, Doherty's last series for the BBC, was broadcast in February and March 2011.

On German television channel ProSieben, Jimmy's Food Factory airs on June 18, 2011.

According to The Independent, Jimmy's Farm "Cambridge Sausage" was ranked in the top ten sausages in the United Kingdom in 2011. The sausage contains 93% pork from the farm, although the recipe dates back to 1917.

Jimmy and Jamie Oliver hosted Jamie & Jimmy's Food Fight Club on Channel 4 in December 2012. Doherty has co-presented Jamie Oliver's Friday Night Feast, the prime-time Channel 4 series Jamie & Jimmy's Friday Night Feast since 2014.

Doherty and the team made sure that conservation was at the forefront of their decisions, establishing areas at the farm for nature, which flourished. Doherty has a passion for non-native animals and, with a great staff behind him, the farm applied for zoo status in order to help endangered species migrate further afield. Jimmy's Farm was granted its zoo license from the local authority on October 5th, 2016 and Jimmy's Farm & Wildlife Park was born. Reindeer, Tapirs, and Meerkats were among the first three exotic animals they welcomed.

Jimmy is the youngest president of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust in 2016, a charity closely connected to his profession and passions. He became a patron of the British Beekeepers Association in 2019. He is also a patron of the British Hen Welfare Trust.

Jimmy's Farm & Wildlife Park in May 2019 was granted by the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) as representatives of the best zooloos and aquariums in Britain and Ireland, who are known for their outstanding animal welfare, education, and conservation efforts. Jimmy's Farm & Wildlife Park became the first recipient of the Rare Breed Survival Trust's latest Rare Breeds Approved Associate certification in July 2021. This award has been given in recognition of the farm's success in education regarding the importance of Britain's endangered native cattle and equine breeds as well as its efforts to protect their unique genetic characteristics.

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Academic awards

• Certificate of Fellowship from Harper Adams University College (September-2010)
• Honorary Degree of Doctor of the university from University of East Anglia and University of Essex (November-2010)
• Certificate of Associateship from the Council for Awards of Royal Agricultural Societies in recognition of distinguished achievement in the agricultural industry (August-2011)
• Honorary Doctor of Business Administration (Hon DBA) from Coventry University in recognition of contribution to food production and science by promoting responsible, sustainable farming (2014)
• Chancellor of Writtle University College in Essex (from 2022)

Awards

• Outstanding Communicator from Royal Agricultural Society of England (July-2009)
• Duly Elected as Member of the Institute of Meat (October-2013)
• Elsie M J Evans Award from RSPCA for his work to raise the profile of farm animal welfare (March-2014)