Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
A loose confederation of animal welfare activists, human health activists and environmentalists have popularised the view that globally we need to produce less meat and livestock, and it’s not a view I’ll quarrel with for the most part.
I feel inordinately lucky to be able to do this work – despite the fact that it often feels overwhelming or frightening.
The moment that you arrive at Blaenffos Market Garden in Pembrokeshire you can see that there is an artist’s hand at work…
Trade is not only a response to market demand, it creates demand and therefore recreates the need for it; trade becomes its own justification.
My previous post introduced the Peasant’s Republic of Wessex, a future polity in the west of England where about a fifth of the working population are engaged in producing their own agrarian subsistence. In this post, I aim to start filling in a few details of what this might look like.
In this interview with Joel Salatin, Joel talks about how the regeneration of his family farm utilized the patterns discovered from observing natural grazing and migration of wild animals in native plant communities.
SHED is Doug’s and Cindy’s local food-focused modern grange – hosting a market, cafe and fermentation bar.
At last, a way to document the value of what we do to the bean counters who make decisions!!
Why do we have such a seemingly illogical food system? This is the question at the heart of Graham Harvey’s recently published book, Grass-Fed Nation, a manifesto for grazing livestock and the extensive benefits of mixed farming.
Our real task is to change the culture and the only way to do that is to change ourselves.
I found this profile featuring myself and SFT Board member Peter Segger when cleaning out my garage last week. It appeared in the Guardian on 1st December, 1984 at a time when the UK organic movement was still in its infancy but developing strongly.
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