Thread by @SoilAssociation

Thread/ Show some💓for British #farmers, who are working so hard to put good food on our tables this winter 🙌

Do you know what it takes to rear a #highwelfare turkey for #Christmas? Or to grow those tasty carrots in a way that works with #nature?

2/ Agroecological #farming, like #organic, takes a lot of care & hard work - #farmers are stewards of the land, protecting the health & wellbeing of people, plants, soil and planet. Read on to hear from some of our certified farmers about life on the farm this #Christmas..

3/ Graeme & Vivienne Matravas took on @manororganic in 1994 & immediately set about converting it to #organic - these days, they're managing a pedigree flock of Lleyn sheep, a beef herd of local rare breed cattle, chickens, turkeys, an organic farm shop and organic bakery...

4/ Graeme - "We try to operate a farm where we produce most, if not all of the animals' food on the farm & their waste is recycled onto the farm too. We aim to have a diverse range of enterprises that all link to make us as #sustainable as is possible" > ow.ly/v3B050CShu8

5/Juliet Holt-Wilson, Monmouthshire #Turkeys: "During the day, the turkeys are roaming the fields, foraging for food and pecking around the trees & hedges...

6/...we sow a patch of peas, barley & #wildflowers to provide cover for the chicks as they emerge from the sheds, and a crop for them to forage in autumn > ow.ly/yE8H50CSifI

7/Joe Rolfe - @RBOrganicfarm - "A big part of what we do is build resilience into the farming system. Having old fashioned #organic principles at the heart of everything – long term rotation, building #soil organic matter, not allowing monoculture & breaking disease cycles..."

8/ "...Resilience is also key for climate change mitigation – adverse weather patterns are hugely mitigated by having healthy, fertile soils, so when those events happen, your soils can cope with it – to a degree" - @rolfejoe 🥕 > ow.ly/dhtB50CSiLm