Six Inches of Soil

The new trailer for Six Inches of Soil, the film looking at the regenerative farming movement in the UK, is out. It looks great.

The Six Inches of Soil trailer

The UK premiere of Six Inches of Soil will be at the Oxford Real Farming Conference in January 2024. Further screenings throughout 2024 will take place on farms, in cinemas and many other venues – see the Six Inches of Soil website for screening dates and further info.

World Water Day

A water pump pumping water into a small bucket in Ghana

It’s World Water Day. This year’s World Water Day focuses attention on food security – because for all the water we drink, more water goes in to producing our food. While we may drink between 2 and 4 litres of water per day, to produce a kilo of wheat needs 1,500 litres of water, and …

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African food champ

Fran Osseo-Asare, founder of Betumi, champions African food. Fran’s Betumi Blog has masses of info on African food and you can follow @Betumi on Twitter. I want some of that palmnut soup. Betumi discovered via Ethan Zuckerman.