"Sheron, a liver physician, left a full-time academic role at the University of Southampton, UK, in 2019 when he and his wife Lisa bought a sixteenth-century longhouse in Devon's Otter Valley - 150 kilometres west of his former workplace. They now grow apples and onions, brew their own beer, harvest honey from "fierce British black bees" ( Apis mellifera mellifera), and rewild their meadows with yellow-rattle plants ( Rhinanthus minor), which sap nutrients from grass and allow rare wild flowers to flourish."
"In between brewing beer and building a pizza oven from the farm's clay, Sheron continues to work as an adviser on alcohol policy to the UK Department of Health and as a visiting professor at both King's College London and the University of Plymouth, UK, studying the link between cheap alcohol and the continuing increase in liver-disease mortality. "We haven't regretted the move at all," Sheron says."
Nick Sheron left a full-time academic role in 2019 to buy a sixteenth-century longhouse in Devon's Otter Valley, 150 kilometres west of his former workplace. The six-hectare farm supports sheep, apple and onion crops, beer brewing, honey harvesting from Apis mellifera mellifera, and meadow rewilding with Rhinanthus minor. He maintains part-time roles as an adviser on alcohol policy to the UK Department of Health and as a visiting professor at King's College London and the University of Plymouth, studying cheap alcohol's link to rising liver-disease mortality. He grows and sells yellow-rattle seed to support others' rewilding efforts. Many scientists leave full-time academia for science-adjacent or different careers, applying research skills and often experiencing relief from academic stresses.
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