This needs more views. Excellent film produced by Nick Viney and Harrison Wood on management of water around Dartmoor and the Tamar Valley and the brilliant work of some progressively-minded farmers and landowners.
Blink and you’ll miss me in it.
Farming
A (very brief) history of agriculture
This was a piece of course work from my Skills Bootcamp in Regenerative Land-Based Studies at the Apricot Centre earlier this year. It’s an attempt to map out a history of agriculture. It will have missed a very great deal, but I focussed on pivotal events and technological developments that drove population change. Comments welcome. …
Food, farming and agroecology on Bluesky
My social local is currently Bluesky. Bluesky does starter packs, ready-to-go lists of accounts to follow around a particular topic, with suggested feeds that aggregate further content. I’ve created a starter pack on agroecology and food systems that you might want to follow if you’re interested in a quick start in a new place. I …
Regenerative confusion and the kaleidoscope of food
I went to an Exeter Food event at the university recently where Jake Fiennes spoke on ‘balancing food security and self-sufficiency for a better environment’. He shared examples of nature-friendly farming on the Holkham Estate, where he leads the conservation team. I met Jake when he was a supportive voice early in our regenerative transition …
Is it really all about cheap food?
I joined the Oxford Real Farming Conference online this year, and despite a slightly shambolic experience due to technical issues (the streaming went down, YouTube was there as a backup option but lots of people were in the chat asking where to go), there were some useful sessions. A playlist of all of the recorded …
A manifesto for food
I found out about this through an inspirational session on landscape scale regeneration at Groundswell 2023.
Food producers and the community in Waterford came together to craft their own manifesto for food, and it is compelling and beautiful.