At 2am, floodlights illuminate the machines moving across Eleanor Gilbert’s family farm in Berkshire. The 24-year-old is harvesting in the darkness to catch the slight dew that settles on the rapeseed overnight — the only way to raise its moisture content enough for buyers to accept it.
By about 10am, she switches to harvesting wheat and continues through the day. After two or three hours’ sleep, the sixth generation farmer goes back out and begins again.
“It’s almost a bit like having jet lag,” said Gilbert. “You can’t sleep in the middle of the day; it’s just not normal.”
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