The Biodynamic Land Trust has a big vision to fulfil: to secure more land into healthy, sustainable, non-polluting, organic and biodynamic cultivation for nutritious and local food production which is essential for the future of food sovereignty and healthy communities. The BD Land Trust hosted a session at this year’s Oxford Real Farming conference delving…Continue reading A Call to Action – Sustainable Income Generation to secure Land for Life and Resilience for the Land Trust
St Giles Farm
The very first look onto St Giles’ Farm already gives you a feeling of love and care. Claudia and Eden warmly welcomed us onto their land and spoke with passion and commitment about the developments, challenges, and dreams for this piece of paradise on the edge of the New Forest. Their 30-acre holding – relatively…Continue reading St Giles Farm
Cultivating on-farm Fertility through Diverse Biodynamic Approaches
Our Family of Farms day this year hosted a workshop discussion on the question of building soil fertility within the farm organism. Each of the Land Trust farms are situated across different geographies, and at the heart of building fertility is the adoption of diverse practices to build in resilience within the farm and wider…Continue reading Cultivating on-farm Fertility through Diverse Biodynamic Approaches
Bridging the Practical, Intangible, and Political Aspects of Farming: Highlights from Oxford Real Farming Conference
There was an electric and infectious energy that filtered through the in-person ORFC across both days. There isn’t a minute to spare as you find yourself running from building to building to hear the next panel discussion and bumping into old and new faces in the corridors. Every conversation exchanged holds a story of each…Continue reading Bridging the Practical, Intangible, and Political Aspects of Farming: Highlights from Oxford Real Farming Conference