Recommended Reading:

These are books that we have taken particular inspiration from and, we believe, are essential in understanding the science and philosophy behind rewilding and regenerative farming.

Books:

  1. Tree, Isabella - Wilding, the return of nature to a British farm, (Picador, 2018)

  2. Brown, Gabe - Dirt to Soil : One Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture, (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2018)

  3. Vera, Frans - Grazing Ecology and Forest History

  4. Flannery, Tim - Europe: The First 100 Million Years

  5. Montgomery, David - Growing a Revolution: Bringing our Soil Back to Life, (Norton & Company, 2018)

  6. Montgomery, David - Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations

  7. Helm, Dieter - Green and Prosperous Land, (William Collins, 2019)

  8. Harvey, Graham - Grass Fed Nation, (Faber & Faber, 2016)

  9. Young, Rosamund - Secret Life of Cows, (Faber & Faber, 2017)

  10. Schwartz, Judith - Cows Save the Planet, (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2013)

  11. Ohlson, Kristin - The Soil Will Save Us, (Rodale, 2014)

Article & Papers:

Rewilding In Britain:

  1. A Living Landscape

  2. Smarter Flood Risk Management in England - Green Alliance

  3. Endangered Landscape Programme

Rest of the World:

  1. The Technology Drisruption in Food Production - ““By 2030, demand for cow products will have fallen by 70%. Before we reach this point, the U.S. cattle industry will be effectively bankrupt.”

  2. https://wired.me/science/environment/beef-with-veganism/

UK Government Publications:

  1. Knepp Castle Estate baseline ecological survey - Natural England

  2. Making space for nature - a review of England’s wildlife sites and ecological network - DEFRA

  3. Large herbivores in the wildwood and in modern naturalistic grazing system - Natural England

  4. Analysis of the costs and benefits of alternative solutions for restoring biodiversity - Natural England

  5. Valuing ecosystem services: case studies from lowland England - Natural England

  6. The role of trees outside woodlands in providing habitat and ecological networks for saproxylic invertebrates - Natural England

  7. Environmental impacts of land management - Chapter 4 rewilding - Natural England

  8. Summery of evidence: Biodiversity - Natural England

  9. Fresh woods and pastures new - Keith Kirby

Website:

  1. Pasture for Life

  2. Soil Association

  3. Rewilding Britain

  4. Rewilding Knowledge hub

  5. How rewilding reduces flood risk

  6. Vision for Rewilding Britain 2014