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Channel 4 Farm Show Concerns 

Concerns have been raised over the process to find a tenant to run a 613-acre mountainous farm in a national park. 

The National Trust is set to appoint someone to look after Llyndy Isaf farm in Nant Gwynant, Eryri, also known as Snowdonia, for 15 years. 

Channel 4 will film the new tenant moving in for a television show. 

Up until 2020, the farm was run by the Wales Federation of Young Farmers, external, and locals believe people from the area should have been given the opportunity to apply before the process was opened up. 

They are also concerned the spotlight of the television cameras may put some people from the area off from applying. 

Councillor June Jones, who represents the Glaslyn ward on Cyngor Gwynedd described Nant Gwynant as "an agricultural community, a very small village". 

While she welcomed the National Trust's moves to find a new tenant, she added: "I'm a little worried. 

"I would have liked them to have tried to see if there is someone local who wants to try for the farm first, not everyone likes being on TV. 

"I also think that having the Welsh language is essential, or an understanding of this farming area. 

"Farmers have to work together - it's a mountainous farm, so the knowledge of how to farm on the land here, collaboration with others locally is essential, and I would have expected the Welsh language to be absolutely essential here." 

The National Trust said that "anyone can apply for our properties in Wales and beyond" and that it does not discriminate against "age, race, gender, nationality or someone's language".

12 April 2024                                           

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