If you are looking for reasons to be hopeful, there are few better places to go than Groundswell. 

Regenerate Outcomes have had a stand at Groundswell - the regenerative agriculture festival - since 2023. It has been truly inspiring to see it get bigger and better each year, reflecting the growth of our own team and the number of farms we work with.

Last week over 8000 people came to Lannock Farm, where we laid out our stall next to our mentoring partners Understanding Ag. We were also lucky enough to be joined by Understanding Ag co-founder Gabe Brown, author of Dirt to Soil  and one of the biggest names in regen.

Profit, productivity, biodiversity and soil carbon were just a few of the subjects up for discussion at Regenerate Outcomes’ Soil Health Workshops.

Nearly 100 attendees from all over the UK came to our workshops in Perthshire, the Cotswolds and Lancashire earlier this month.

Alongside the many farmers were also ecologists, lecturers, journalists, scientists and food industry professionals, all interested in exploring the benefits of building healthy soil.

The Soil Health Workshops were led by Dr Allen Williams, who founded our mentoring partners Understanding Ag alongside regen pioneer Gabe Brown.

Due to high demand we are organising an additional Soil Health Workshop in Lancashire, which will be kindly hosted by Nat and Roger Marsden at Bucks Farm, near Clitheroe, from Wednesday 11th June - Thursday 12th June.

Nat and Roger breed Luing cattle and Easydam and Cheviot sheep near the Forest of Bowland National Park.

The brothers farm in partnership and have been transitioning into regenerative agriculture for the last five years.

Our Soil Health Workshop in the Cotswolds will be kindly hosted by Adam Henson and Duncan Andrews at Cotswold Farm Park, Wiltshire, from June 9th to June 10th.

Adam is perhaps the best-known farmer in the UK, presenting his own section on BBC’s Countryfile to millions of viewers each Sunday evening.

Adam and his business partner Duncan now jointly run the 650-hectare estate, together with the Cotswold Farm Park, home to over 50 breeding flocks and herds of British rare breed farm animals.

In the last in our Winter Webinar series we partnered with Pasture for Life to discuss outwintering cattle.

We were joined by 2023 Soil Farmer of the Year Stuart Johnson, from our mentoring team, Pasture for Life Technical Director Nikki Yoxall and Northumberland beef and sheep farmer Angus Nelless.

The panel discussed their own approach to outwintering, the financial, livestock and soil health benefits, and shared some tips for how to make it work on your farm.

Regenerate Outcomes are excited to be bringing together some leading names in regenerative farming for our Soil Health Workshops this summer.

Each Soil Health Workshop will feature two days of practical insights into growing profits and cutting costs by improving soil health.

Our Soil Health Workshop in Scotland will be kindly hosted by Alex and Jane Brewster at Rotmell Farm, Perthshire, from 5th June - 6th June.

In the latest in our Winter Webinar Series we discussed what trade offs there are in balancing improved soil health with animal performance.

We were also joined by Dr Allen Williams, from our mentoring partners Understanding Ag, as well as James Daniel, of Precision Grazing, based in Cornwall, and Nottinghamshire farmer Joe Howard.

Joe manages a mixed farming business growing and finishing approximately 1500 dairy beef on a grazing and forage system integrated with root crops and cereals.

Regenerate Outcomes is bringing together leading names in regenerative farming for our Soil Health Workshops this summer. 

Join us in England, Scotland and Wales for two days of practical insights into building healthy soil to grow profits and improve crop and livestock performance.

The events will also feature discussions with our host farmers, including BBC presenter Adam Henson at Cotswold Farm Park, in Gloucestershire.

In the December installment of our winter webinar series, we heard from regenerative farming pioneer Gabe Brown on some of his advice for farmers who want to begin adopting practices to improve soil health and grow profits.

Gabe is one of the leading voices in regenerative farming worldwide and best known as author of the book Dirt to Soil.

He is also one of the founders of our mentoring partners Understanding Ag, alongside Dr Allen Williams.

In the latest in our winter webinar series, we heard from award-winning dairy farmers Kent Solberg and Doug Voss about the benefits of using a regenerative approach.

We were also joined by Dorset dairy farmer Stuart Rogers, who discussed how he has adopted some regenerative practices on his farm.

“There is low hanging fruit that fits very well with developing soil health and which has huge potential for helping the bottom line in a dairy operation,” says Kent.

In the first of our winter webinar series we take a deep dive into blackgrass and some of the strategies we can use for controlling it by focusing on soil health.

As Kyle Richardville, from our mentoring team, explains, conventional farming practices have created circumstances which can actually benefit many weeds, including blackgrass.

In the webinar Kyle explains how adopting the Six Principles of Soil Health on your farm will build soils where water and air can cycle freely, reduce compaction and increase organic matter levels to feed beneficial microbes and fungi.

In our latest webinar we are joined by Fernando Falomir from our mentoring partner Understanding Ag to discuss the positive effects that an adaptive grazing system can have on livestock health and behaviour.

Adaptive grazing, also called adaptive multi paddock grazing or regenerative grazing, involves high density grazing in smaller areas for shorter periods. This allows plants time to recover, encouraging more growth, greater diversity and improved soil health.

As Fernando explains, it can also come with benefits for the health of your livestock, lower vet and med bills and reduced inputs.

Regenerate Outcomes are proud to work with Understanding Ag to help farmers maximise profits through improved soil health.

We are excited to announce that we will be hosting Understanding Ag’s first soil academies in Great Britain next year.

The academies are free to attend for Regenerate Outcomes’ member farms.

They will feature two days of interactive field walks and classroom sessions, led by experienced farmers combining practical knowledge with scientific expertise.

In the second of our series on agroforestry, we hear from Edd Colbert of Agroforestry Design.

Edd has lived and worked in the UK, Europe, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, in a variety of roles to support agroecological transitions.

He specialises in working with farmers, foresters and funders to design effective agroforestry systems.

Edd is also a key actor in the UK's agroforestry movement having organised the first Agroforestry Show, hosted by the Soil Association and Woodland Trust for the first time in Wiltshire last year.

In the first in our series on agroforestry, Peter Leeson, Woodland Creation Adviser for the Woodland Trust, explains how trees and hedgerows can help create resilient farms.

"I'm a real advocate for trees, but they have to add value to our farm systems and when we put a tree somewhere, we need to make sure it's in the right place,” says Peter.

“It's not just about trees being pretty, it's not just about biodiversity, although that's important. It's about how a farm can take a tree, or hedge or whatever it is and add value to the farm.”

"I fundamentally believe that the only thing that creates soil structure is biology.

“The more biology that we have of different sorts, the more organic compounds that will come to help create that aggregate structure.”

In the latest in our Autumn and Winter Webinar Series, we were joined by Ian Gould, a director of Oakbank Game and Conservation, to focus on how increasing diversity of all living organisms can improve soil health.

Oakbank has built a great reputation working with farmers and landowners to make the best use of agri-environment schemes to improve wildlife habitats.

This autumn and winter, Regenerate Outcomes is running a series of webinars exploring how to further regenerative activities on your farm.

Join us to hear from our mentoring partners at Understanding Ag and other leading regenerative voices.

This webinar series forms part of the benefits we offer for our member farms, but selected webinars are open to all.

In our webinar Rest, recovery and rooting depth webinar Dr Allen Williams, from our mentoring partner Understanding Ag, explains that while plants benefit from being given time to recover physically and physiologically from grazing, they also need periods of rest.

Allen also discusses the importance of taking a disruptive approach to adaptive grazing and the huge positive effects this can have on rooting depth and soil health.

This summer we’re hosting two farm walks with our programme members, giving you the chance to learn more about generating income from healthy soil.

Each event will include an overview of Regenerate Outcomes and a farm walk where you will be able to see regenerative practices in action. Kyle Richardville, from our mentoring partner Understanding Ag, will unpack the principles of soil health and how farms can use key indicators to inform their management.

We’ll be heading to Lannock Manor Farm, Hertfordshire, to set up for Groundswell soon and it will be fantastic to see you there on June 28 and June 29. Please come and find us at marquee stand 20 to learn more about how Regenerate Outcomes can work with you.