I spent a few days at Groundswell the other week (with both PhD and farming hats on), mostly listening and talking about trees! I have written a little about what I got out of it on the farm blog :)
#regenerativefarming #Groundswell2025
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Thousands gathered for #Groundswell2025 to explore the future of nature-friendly farming. From climate resilience and next-gen farmers to field safaris and powerful calls for unity, we left inspired, hopeful and re-energised. See you in 2026! 👋 #NFFN
🌱 It was great to be at #Groundswell2025 with @biomassconnect.bsky.social!
We shared insights on resilient crops & carbon-smart farming.
70+ visitors, great conversations, and new collaborations
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#BiomassConnect #RegenerativeAg #NetZeroFarming
Sheep grazing at the Sheddings
A speaker in a tent at last year's Fields Good Festival
Fields Good logo over a picture of a field with grass
Suffering from post- #Groundswell2025 FOMO? 🪩🌱
Check out @fieldsgood.bsky.social #RegenAg festival!
🗓️ 6-7 Sept 2025
📍 Glenarm, NI
• 3 speaker tents 🎪
• Agroforestry & horticulture demos 🌾
• Field tours 🌻
• Evening food & social 🔥
Tickets here: 🎟️ www.fieldsgood.co.uk
afn co-leads neil ward, stefan kepinski and angelina sanderson bellamy at groundswell
audience still on haybales and listen to a discussion at the afn network tent
Thanks to everyone who who visited our tent at #Groundswell2025. Whether you stopped for a chat or joined one of our sessions, it was fantastic to see so many of you, and a special thanks to our brilliant speakers!
Following her panel at #Groundswell2025, our CEO Kath Dalmeny reflects on farming policy one year into Labour's time in government ⬇️
🙏 Thank you everyone for a great two days at Groundswell 2025!
It was fabulous to meet so many people who want to drive real change in our food system and talk about how we can help farmers better support the health of people and the planet 📸👇
#groundswell2025 #foodstrategy #beans
An angled photo of the large Groundwell sign in a field.
A white woman holds up a 1 page document on Tulloch and stands next to the ECT banner.
A white man and a woman sit in front of the ECT stand.
2 white men stand in front of 2 ECT posters. The one on the right wears a VR headset. The man on the left holds a camera.
We were excited to attend Groundswellaguk for the first time, to meet with farmers, showcase the #AgroEcological #LTEs, & see people’s reactions to the #VR LTE experiences.
We were also pleased to see some familiar faces!
#Groundswell2025 #RegenerativeAgriculture #regenag 🌎
UK flower growers supplying weddings have faced a punishing year because of the dry and hot conditions, prompting farmers to warn that they are battling increasingly unpredictable weather.
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(Photo: stunning UK flower arrangement at #Groundswell2025)
We’re at #Groundswell2025, where Steve Reed has confirmed the capital grants offer will reopen from today: a welcome move to support farmers improving their land for nature.
He said, “it is only by restoring nature that we can get food security”, and we agree!
Our Bridging the Gap programme officer Kiloran O'leary spoke on a panel at #Groundswell2025 about the power of public procurement. "Everyone should be able to access affordable, healthy and sustainably produced food. Public procurement is one of the most powerful ways to achieve this."
Missing the action at #Groundswell2025, or there and can't get enough of #RegenAg?
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A fresh update from #Groundswell2025 on ELMs and SFI, from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed, who has confirmed that ELMs and SFI will continue.
Good news for farmers, great news for soils! 🪱
#SFI #SoilHealth
#Groundswell2025 Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs says we need the food system to be more resilient to cope with future shocks #AFN
Only by restoring nature can we make our food more secure, says environment secretary Steve Reed
Speaking at #groundswell2025 he says more details of reformed of SFI, the nature-friendly farming subsidy scheme, will come this summer, with applications opening next year
Even in a tent on a field at #Groundswell2025, we're still wrangling calls on soil health 🪱
The sun's coming out and we're off to a discussion about food system resilience - more updates soon.
#GroundswellAg #RegenerativeAgriculture #SoilHealth
We're back at #Groundswell2025 - and this morning, we're sitting in on a session about #RegenerativeAgriculture, a subject we were happy to contribute to in a recent POST Note.
Head to our website to find out more:
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#RegenAg #GroundswellFestival
We're looking forward to another busy day at #Groundswell2025 with our colleagues from @srucnews.bsky.social and Agrecalc!
Make sure and pop by our stand PF B5 (Pasture Field) to say hello 🌞🌾
Hear Ben discuss the study further on BBC Radio 4's Farming Today!
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Ben will be at #Groundswell2025 tomorrow, 3 July - visit the UKCEH team on stand DF C36
#SustainableFarming
Can Justin King really claim that food safety has improved when ultra processed foods have impacted so severely on public health? Surely this is too narrow a view of safety? #groundswell2025
Great session at #Groundswell2025 hosted by @opengeohub.bsky.social covering data, AI, and open access.
AgFunder's Louisa Burwood-Taylor: “We should not be paying to access data, because most data was created with tax payer money”. We agree completely.
#SoilData #OpenData #NationalSoilsInventory
We're on the ground at #Groundswell2025 - find us at the Soil Medic tent, where we're engaging with farmers, asking about their experiences of using soil data on a questionnaire, which is also online: bit.ly/SoilsDataGS
#SoilData #RegenerativeAgriculture #SustainableSoils
Regenerative stacking session underway. Stuart Oates
"We're looking at how we can use land to maximise its potential. Diversity is key to our operations." #Groundswell25 #groundswell2025
Demonstrating surface water runoff and infiltration at #Groundswell2025 - a fitting day for it! 🌧
If you're around, come by our stand in the Demo Field - next to the soil pit 📍At 2pm, we'll be joined by Kate Bigwood of Ardenrun Farm and Lucy Noad of Woodhouse Farm to chat regenerative farming.
Andy Gray speaking on stage
Andy Gray. Dung beetles indicate good ecological status.
💩 They need dung all year round.
🐄 Keeping limited numbers of livestock out overwinter is good way to keep populations up. Not the whole herd, but a small number helps bridge the gap. #Groundswell25 #groundswell2025
#AFN talking resilience with Tim Lang and Polly Davies at #Groundswell2025 - get ready as more shocks to the system are coming
Strong message from The Woodland Trust at #groundswell2025 for maximal biodiversity ‘leave trees as is’
