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:
Tree, Isabella - Wilding, the return of nature to a British farm, (Picador, 2018)
Brown, Gabe - Dirt to Soil : One Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture, (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2018)
Vera, Frans - Grazing Ecology and Forest History
Flannery, Tim - Europe: The First 100 Million Years
Montgomery, David - Growing a Revolution: Bringing our Soil Back to Life, (Norton & Company, 2018)
Montgomery, David - Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
Helm, Dieter - Green and Prosperous Land, (William Collins, 2019)
Harvey, Graham - Grass Fed Nation, (Faber & Faber, 2016)
Young, Rosamund - Secret Life of Cows, (Faber & Faber, 2017)
Schwartz, Judith - Cows Save the Planet, (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2013)
Ohlson, Kristin - The Soil Will Save Us, (Rodale, 2014)
Article & Papers:
Rewilding In Britain:
Endangered Landscape Programme
Rest of the World:
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.”
UK Government Publications:
Knepp Castle Estate baseline ecological survey - Natural England
Making space for nature - a review of England’s wildlife sites and ecological network - DEFRA
Large herbivores in the wildwood and in modern naturalistic grazing system - Natural England
Analysis of the costs and benefits of alternative solutions for restoring biodiversity - Natural England
Valuing ecosystem services: case studies from lowland England - Natural England
The role of trees outside woodlands in providing habitat and ecological networks for saproxylic invertebrates - Natural England
Environmental impacts of land management - Chapter 4 rewilding - Natural England
Summery of evidence: Biodiversity - Natural England
Fresh woods and pastures new - Keith Kirby