Mar 5, 2021What to do with all the animals?I am a self confessed whole plant based eater. I am a champion of fibre and phyto-nutrients (alive nutrients) that are found in plants. I am a regenerative farmer who worships the goddess of soil. I am a true believer in equality. These are all single-minded beliefs that are an…Vegan3 min readVegan3 min read
Feb 21, 2021A life to aspire toI once heard a story from a little village in the Sardinian region of Italy. It told of an 89 year old woman on the morning of her death. This story was not one of hospital beds, of family praying around a frail body or a narrative of sadness of…Longevity5 min readLongevity5 min read
Feb 4, 2021Guardian Of The SoilI came to Suffolk in 2016 without a plan, or much of an idea of what I wanted to do with my life. I have always had a stubborn side, which found a welcome home in community activism. …Regenerative4 min readRegenerative4 min read
Feb 25, 2020Small Farmer/ Big FarmerThere is a very interesting dynamic playing out in the world of farming. Big farmers, who have large quantities of land and who run a big scale conventional farming business are beginning to interact with small market gardeners. I have personal experience of this. I am having conversations with several…Farming2 min readFarming2 min read
Feb 24, 2020Farms, Shops and A Way Forward?The situation for farmers is bleak and we need to find a way to help them. There has been a race to the bottom and many areas are now at breaking point. The health of our soils is on life support, the biomass of our insect populations dangerously low, the…Farming2 min readFarming2 min read
Nov 12, 2019If this was real, someone would be doing something about itIn 1992 the first climate conference took place in Rio, the world came together in a monumental moment to declare their desire to tackle global warming. …Climate Change5 min readClimate Change5 min read
Feb 17, 2019This is my Happy Food?Food for me is not simply the calories I consume. It is part of my identity, it is my political stance, it is the essence of my community, it is the ethics by which I live, it is a tool to build the future I envisage, it is the source…Health3 min readHealth3 min read
Dec 10, 2018Innocence in ActivismThe face of my activism has changed many times over the past decade but there has been one constant; compassion. In these next few posts, I am going to tell a little of the story of my past decade as a self-proclaimed Social Activist. …Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
May 21, 2018Thriving in the Hungry GapTop of my priority list at present is to learn to live and eat, with the seasons. We are now in what was called, in the time before supermarkets, ‘The Hungry Gap’. …Health3 min readHealth3 min read
May 7, 2018Living The Right AmbitionI once heard a story of an elderly woman who died at 89. There may not seem to be anything out of the ordinary in this tale. 89 is a reasonable age, as the average in the UK was 81.6 in 2015. How about if I told you she had…Health3 min readHealth3 min read
