Ariadne<p>‘This way of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> is really sexy’: the rise of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/regenerative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regenerative</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a></p><p>On the Isle of Wight Hollie Fallick and Francesca Cooper are part of a movement to bring tired and depleted soil back to life – and boost food security </p><p>they don’t practise typical farming: instead they are part of a growing global movement practising regenerative <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> – or <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/regen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regen</span></a> ag for short.</p><p>“Really simply, regenerative agriculture is nature-friendly farming,” says Fallick, who says she stopped being vegan when her health suffered. “It’s thinking about the health of soil, animals, humans and how they all link together.”</p><p>On Nunwell home farm, which sits alongside land the pair manage for the Wildlife Trust and produces meat and eggs for their direct-to-consumer business, chickens peck away alongside belted Galloway cows, nomadic pigs graze on grass as well as kale and bean “cover crops” sown to boost nutrients in the soil.</p><p>The idea is that by following the basic principles of regen ag – not disturbing the soil, keeping it covered, maintaining living roots, growing a diverse range of crops and the use of grazing animals – they can regenerate tired and depleted soil and produce nutritious food. The work, they argue, is urgent. Up to 40% of the world’s land is now degraded by industrial and harmful farming methods, according to the UN, while a recent study suggested improving soil could keep the world within the 1.5C heating target."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/14/this-way-of-farming-is-really-sexy-the-rise-of-regenerative-agriculture" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">23/aug/14/this-way-of-farming-is-really-sexy-the-rise-of-regenerative-agriculture</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AgriculturalIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgriculturalIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FoodSupply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSupply</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Food</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/IsleofWight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsleofWight</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soil</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Soils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soils</span></a></p>