Regenerative reset: How one Herefordshire farm has shifted the focus from pure production to soil biology

A Herefordshire mixed farming business is rethinking its conventional operating system, replacing synthetic inputs and deep cultivations with applied soil biology, integrated livestock and homemade compost teas

Ashleigh Ellwood
Head of Arable
clock • 7 min read
Regenerative reset: How one Herefordshire farm has shifted the focus from pure production to soil biology

Based on the Duchy of Cornwall Estate on the edge of Herefordshire, Lower Blakemere Farm is a mixed arable and beef enterprise, comprising 340 hectares and 65 Stabiliser beef cattle. However, over the...

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