The first Organic Farm Management Handbook was published in 1994. It aimed ‘to provide best possible estimates for the physical and financial performance of organic crop and livestock enterprises’. In October 2023, the 12th edition was released and Marianne Landzettel reviewed it for us.
The Nest is an incubator for new entrant, start-up, scaling or transitioning regenerative and agroecologically informed farmers, growers and landstewards. Farmer's Footprint UK recognises the need for quality storytelling, content development, marketing and branding to ensure viable and regenerative businesses, and are offering their services for no cost as part of this programme.
At the end of October, Pollardine Farm in Shropshire hosted the 3LM one day Low Stress Livestock Handling course, conducted by Miriam Parker, a livestock behaviourist and independent consultant. Parker transferred her equine skills to cattle and worked with herders across the world. Her work is influenced by her friend, US animal behaviourist Temple Grandin.
Christopher & Sheila Cooke will be speaking at Fernhill Farm's Open Day.
Your donation will help turn this Ukrainian research station into a Holistic Management Learning Site.
In order to regenerate soils, first we need to regenerate our minds.
I express sincere gratitude to Allan Savory and George Monbiot for your courage and stamina to debate in public the urgent issues of our day. You stimulated our thinking, and this gives me hope. – Sheila Cooke
Join us in a key debate on this controversial topic between a founder and leading proponent of Holistic Management (Allan Savory) and a prominent critic (George Monbiot). The event will be chaired by Professor E.J. Milner-Gulland, Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity at the University of Oxford. Entry to this event is free, but please book in advance.
A public talk with Walter Jehne of Regenerate Earth
