Jenny Jefferies: "[We] converted to regenerative agriculture about seven years ago, and one of the key principles of this is the introduction of livestock into the arable system"

Jenny Jefferies is an award-winning cookbook author with a passion for British agriculture. Her latest book explores regenerative farming around the world, and how this method could unite us on the quest for net zero and a sustainable food system

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Jenny Jefferies: "[We] converted to regenerative agriculture about seven years ago, and one of the key principles of this is the introduction of livestock into the arable system"

By now, most people have heard of the term ‘regenerative agriculture' but, what is it really all about? Mainly, of course, it is all about the health of the soil and giving back more than what has been...

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