As the solstice passed her sunbaked fields on to July, thousands of growers gathered on the grasses of Lannock Farm in Hertfordshire for a weekend of collective future-forming at Groundswell Agricultural Festival. For the past ten years, Groundswell has been a meeting place for ancient knowledge holders and system rethinkers to share their wisdom with […]
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Tue 4 Sep: 7.30pm + Q&A Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds. Worshipped and treasured since the dawn of humankind, Seed: The Untold Story follows the passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94% of our seed varieties have disappeared. As biotech chemical companies […]
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In this latest installment Jason marvels at the magnificence of the mid-summer sun, reflects on the unruliness of radishes and prepares to scale the heady heights of the harvest yet to come. It’s June 9th and the lessons are coming thick and fast this month. The first big one is that despite tying and […]
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Online event Thursday 16 Jan 202518:30 – 20:00 Select tickets An antidote to the January blues, join us for this edition of Seed TV with Holly Silvester, our Future Resilience Seed Coordinator. Holly will be sharing stories from her Churchill Fellowship travels where she visited the thriving seed network of the Pacific Northwest of the US […]
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This autumn we are partnering with Torth Y Tir community supported bakery to organise a two day immersive heritage grain workshop. Aimed at growers, farmers, bakers and smallholders, the event will look at how to grow heritage wheat ecologically and how to bake artisan breads with that wheat. Torth Y Tir Coordinator Rupert Dunn says […]
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In July’s abundant installment Jason grapples with garlic, rattles Red Mustard, picks a peck of peas and revels in some riotous ripening… Heavy rain over the first few days of July has topped up any soil moisture deficit that had accumulated during a relatively dry June. Outdoor crops got a boost and the last green […]
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