HORTICULTURE (APPLES & PEARS), KENT: Alastair farms on his family fruit farm in Kent with his mother. He's (at least) a seventh generation farmer, runs a fully independent business growing apples and pears. Their methods are a mixture of modern fruit production and traditional orchardist styles. Alastair overcame emergency brain surgery in his first year in charge of the farm and aims to champion and support independent growers as he expands his own production.