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
I’ve had the pleasure of attending Groundswell two years running. I can firmly say that it stands in my top two conferences of the year to attend. Along with Oxford Real Farming Conference, both events now draw in crowds of the 1000’s and generate a space of constructive and lively debate. These spaces are, for…Continue reading Groundswell: Empowering Regenerative Transitions in Agriculture
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
Some weeks ago environmental activist and Guardian columnist George Monbiot spoke out once again about the damaging role of livestock on the planet’s resources, destruction of landscapes, habitats and ecosystems. Time again we hear Monbiot frame livestock in this way, only this time it’s a direct attack on organic, pasture-fed ruminants and concurrently the Agroecology…Continue reading Letters of urgency in response to Monbiot’s one-sided arguments on the role of livestock and climate changE
