A farmer has said rewilding her land is a key way to look after nature and “give life back to the soil”.
Alex Stevenson owns Jordan’s Farm in Wakes Colne near Colchester, Essex, and hoped that rewilding 25 acres land at her farm would help the ecosystem to thrive.
The process of rewilding aims to let nature take care of itself and repair damaged ecosystems naturally.
Take 25 acres of land that is really shitty. Those acres that generally cost more to try to farm than it returns in profit. The acres they haven’t truly farmed in 20 years
Plant a few native species that can survive there. Remove some invasives. Market it like hell to generate higher profits on the rest of your farm.
It’s all marketing.