The book is part of a series created by Butterfly Books to raise awareness among children of the career options available to them, with the aim of improving diversity and reducing national skill gaps. By educating, inspiring and entertaining children, the books show that anything is possible.
Stella, who farms near Brecon with her husband and two young children, helped launch the book with her daughter, Lexi, via a reading on Instagram Live.
Farming, an exciting career
Stella said: “When the approach came to NFU Cymru it was wonderful to see farming as a career included in amongst nursing, scientists and engineering. If lockdown taught us anything, it was the exciting career of farming; we were fortunate to have our space and fresh air, but we also had on-farm learning under our feet. Teaching Lexi division by dividing sheep into pens in the sheep shed was a maths lesson in itself and we were applying geography and science daily as crops were established in healthy soils with a reliance on forgiving weather. The book also complemented the union’s She Who Dares Farms initiative and it has been a fantastic opportunity to work with the authors.”
For more information about ‘My Mummy is a Farmer’ and the rest of the Butterfly Books collection, visit their website.