Making social less rubbish

When over 100 million people have now joined Meta’s new Threads hoping for an alternative to the now comically insane Twitter, maybe think about taking a break from social altogether. A break from social media is good for your health. I came off all social media for several weeks earlier this year. It was a …

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How can regenerative food systems create resilience in the face of the climate crisis?

Seedlings growing in a field

I was recently reminded of this episode of the regenagri podcast that I was on with food hero Josiah Meldrum last year. We explored how the climate crisis is already impacting the reality of food production. I shared first-hand experience of droughts and extreme rainfall on Deepdale Farm and Josiah spoke about the history of Hodmedods, …

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Noise and silence

A salt marsh with green growth and muddy channels

There is, I have realised, no such thing as absolute silence. There is always sound. In an enclosed space with thick walls, there is still noise. As Suzanne Vega sang, Blood Makes Noise.

Sharing data and methodology for a farm invertebrate survey

A bee on clover flowers

Deepdale Farm have recently shared the findings and methodology for a series of invertebrate surveys conducted in 2022. These surveys gathered valuable information on the variety of invertebrate species found on the farm including 36 species with a measure of conservation status. In 2020, Deepdale Farm entered organic conversion and took 60% of the farmed …

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