Tribute: The charity calendar was thought up by 20-year-old Emily Steaggles after her best friend Elizabeth Barnes tragically committed suicide in December 2012
Showing their guns: Woburn boys (L-R) Matt Kennedy, Jake Clarkson, Ainsley Jones, Jake McCloud, Roger Parrish, Josh Butten, Ed Wisson (sofa) Tom Potter, Josh Warner (floor) pose with guns and pups for their shoot
A group of young farmers have posed in nothing but wellies and flat caps for a daring photoshoot - all in the name of charity.
The men and women of Bedfordshire's Young Farmers stripped off for a series of nude photographs to raise money for mental health charity, Mind.
The charity calendar was the brainchild of 20-year-old Emily Steaggles after her best friend Lizzie Barnes tragically committed suicide in December 2012.
July features the Biggleswade boys baring all during a game of cricket, while the Leighton Buzzard girls are hitting the right notes in December, singing songs around the piano.
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September: North Beds Girls (L-R) Iona Sasped, Polly Greco, Sophie Gilkes, Sophie Botsford, Emma Banks, Lisa Botsford and Sarah Turner pose in the nude for the charity calendar
Emily, from Barton-Le-Clay, Beds, spent three months planning and shooting the calendar, with farming communities from all over Bedfordshire posing for the project.
Domestic godesses: Woburn girls Sophie Smith, Clare Morton, Jenny Islip, Hannah Price, Hannah Molyneux, Elie Sear, Sophie Willmott channel their inner Mary Berry
Bats and balls: Biggleswade boys Henry Shaw, Josh Darton, Jordan Allan (floor), Harry Allan, Tom Davison indulge in a game of naked cricket
Bottoms up! Leighton Buzzard boys Dave White, Max Thorne, Pete White, Matt Alexander, John Web, Henry Hunt, Martin Larman play tug of war in the field
Emily said: 'Lizzie introduced me to Young Farmers in 2006 and from day one I enjoyed everything it had to offer as did Lizzie. She entered almost every activity and competition going, and went to all the events.
'The last naked calendar produced by Bedfordshire Young Farmers Club was in 2009, Lizzie wasn't of age to participate but was very keen to if another one ever came about.
'So I decided a calendar would be a great way to celebrate all that YFC has to offer, and all the things that Lizzie enjoyed, whilst raising money for such a fantastic charity that helps people suffering with mental health issues, so they can get the help they need.
Serious machinery: Silsoe boys Liam Moody, Harry Chamberlain, Tom Harwood, Dave Russell, Andrew Redman, Joe Redman, Ben Jepps pose on tractors in a field for the calendar, which will see proceeds go to Mind
Dinner is served: North Beds boys Andy Bell, Simon Caves, Tom Harris, Ben Brown channel the butler in the buff look
Making music: Leighton Buzzard girls Beckey-Jane Wighton, Anna Taylor, Anna Stone (playing piano) Ali Mackenzie, Pip Wass pose naked on the piano for the charity calendar
Horsing around: Silsoe girls Emily Steaggles, Lucy Barnes, Katie Skipper, Charlotte Tompkins, Elli Downing, Alice Redman, Harriet Ireland (in trough) Laura Millard, Lucy Gray, Jess Burr, Sid Quorn, Holly Jones pose up
Au natural: Bedford girls Harriet Wisson, Laura Douty, Claudia Wallis, Janet Dickinson, Hattie Oakley, Hannah Walton pose al fresco
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