Holistic Context
Statement of Purpose
To farm as part of a dynamic and alive landscape driven by a symbiosis of natural process and human action; to sequester carbon, restore hydrology, build soil, enhance biodiversity and produce food.
To experiment with blending beauty and productivity to create an abundance of nutrient rich, diverse foods and other products to sustain a thriving local community which in turn supports an alive and evolving landscape.
To blur the lines between diet, medicine, landscape, health and people and create a safe, open and inviting space for all to experience 'restoration'.
A place where mosaics of trees, scrub and grassland are free to move. A landscape that honours and incorporates native ecological roles, including those of people and livestock, to allow the full beneficial potential of the land to be unleashed.
To experiment with blending beauty and productivity to create an abundance of nutrient rich, diverse foods and other products to sustain a thriving local community which in turn supports an alive and evolving landscape.
To blur the lines between diet, medicine, landscape, health and people and create a safe, open and inviting space for all to experience 'restoration'.
A place where mosaics of trees, scrub and grassland are free to move. A landscape that honours and incorporates native ecological roles, including those of people and livestock, to allow the full beneficial potential of the land to be unleashed.
Holistic Goal
- Productive, stable and resilient systems that restore the land and people
- Diverse and dynamic (food systems, businesses, ecosystems, projects)
- Health at all levels (personal, partnership, community, local economy, global)
- Promotion of interdependence and resilience
- Allowance of nature to act on its own will
- Strong relationships (open, trusting, honest, supportive, accepting of process, non-judgemental, dependable, respectful)
- Open to all - supportive awareness of inequalities stemming from race, age, gender, ability level, sexual orientation etc
- Minimising negative impacts (on individuals, groups, ecosystems and the earth system)
- Achievable and appropriate scale of response
- Augmentation/alignment of businesses connected to Midlands Restoration Hub
- Security for all (including a safe, welcoming and stable home)
- Intergenerational connection (personal and larger learning from the past and inspiring the future)
- Time to relax, reflect and enjoy the project
- Congruence between values and actions
- Positive, exciting, accurate, needed and high quality outputs (information, teaching, products)
- Experimental response to feedback (responsive to successes/failures in changes to the land, community and earth system)
- Disseminating learning at all levels (individually, between one another, between businesses, in community and nationally)
- Value the production, preparation and consuming of nourishing food
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