I used to think that soil was just another word for dirt. I knew it was where plants grew, and thanks to my childhood in the countryside I knew it was also home for earthworms, ants, centipedes and so on. But mostly it just made me muddy. I couldn’t have even begun to imagine the […]
The regenerative agriculture movement is gathering momentum. In the past couple of weeks it has had strong support from environmentalist Al Gore, and new packages to help US farmers profitably transition have been launched. Inevitably, with this increased attention has come more debate about which practices work best, or at all, in the goal of […]
Water stress is one of the most significant challenges currently facing the world. An already changing climate means that many dry areas are becoming even drier, with increasingly unpredictable rainfall patterns. In recent years severe droughts in California, Brazil and South Africa have made the news: in 2018 Cape Town was just 90 days away […]
How regenerative agriculture is the answer, and how I’m finding my place in it The stream of reports and articles issuing dire environmental warnings has been relentless. From the IPCC report last October warning that “urgent and unprecedented” changes are needed to stay within 2 degrees of warming, to the more recent UN report warning […]