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Health
as a measure of Harmony
Everything we do on the farm is about health. Health is infectious, healthy soil leads to healthy plants, leads to healthy animals, wildlife and eventually, because of the global impact of agriculture, the health of the whole planet (or vice versa).But this health is also one and indivisible (Balfour 1948)We are beginning to understand these links through the current climate crisis and also the food system vulnerability through the recent pandemic.
Health_booklet.pdf (organicresearchcentre.com)
Climate Change
This is an incredibly important issue. Methane emissions from cattle are receiving a great deal of attention recently. See our Carbon balance. Our cattle are pasture fed, they make an essential contribution to the sequestration of carbon in our soil, the levels of which have approximately doubled since we converted to organic methods. One of the most important farm goals is to be a zero fossil fuel farm. We now generate enough electricity for all our electricity needs, we just need to store it for when we need it.