Knepp

In the UK, Knepp Estate is showing that animal farming can also be regenerative. In her book “Wilding” Isabella Tree tells how they converted their 1,400 hectare farm from traditional livestock agriculture into a thriving “wild farm”, with free-roaming herbivores like cattle, ponies, pig and deer. The result of rewilding the land is that biodiversity has risen dramatically, attracting rare birds, bats and butterflies, while resource and carbon inputs have plummeted, since there are no fertilisers or other chemicals, no high energy feeding systems, farm machinery or routine medication. What’s more, the pasture-fed, “wild range meat” is healthier.

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 4. Buy on Lulu ↗