We were delighted to see Prince William, The Prince of Wales, visit The Apricot Centre, in Devon, to learn more about the role regenerative farming can play in supporting both nature and community wellbeing. The Apricot Centre, a Biodynamic Land Trust farm tenancy, has become a leading example of how land can be managed in…Continue reading Prince William visits the Apricot Centre
Pesticides are contaminating our food and wild spaces, harming both human health and the ecosystems we all depend on. From bees and birds to rivers and soil life, the impact of chemical-intensive farming is becoming harder to ignore. Across the UK, growing numbers of people are asking a simple question: surely we can farm differently?…Continue reading Time to rethink chemicals — and farming
Climate change is not just about C02, but it is also about H20.The ancient language of water as understood and stewarded by local communities, already contains many of the local solutions of working with nature, that can be scaled up into global solutions. Done by local people for millennia, today these methods are backed by…Continue reading new book release: The Language of Water. By Minni Jain and Philip franses
In the quest to tackle climate change, carbon has become the star of the show. In government targets, corporate climate pledges, and newspaper headlines “net zero” is now the dominant narrative – and carbon accounting tools are the means to measure progress. But when it comes to farming, especially regenerative mixed farming systems, this one-dimensional…Continue reading Not Just Carbon: What We Measure Shapes What We Value
